Unit 1 SAT/ACT Voc. Test, Aspects of Language

No longer used or applicable; ancient

• archaic

• idiomatic

• semantics

• standard

​ (a)   is the informal, specialized vocabulary or expressions of a particular group.

• Argot
• denotation
• pidgin
• idiom

Ideas or meanings suggested by a word; associations that go beyond a word's literal meaning

• connotation

• archaic

• pidgin

• jargon

​ ​ (a)   is the most direct or specific meaning of a word.

• vernacular
• idiom
• argot
• Denotation

an expression with a special meaning that cannot be understood

• idiom

• denotation

• semantics

• archaic

a specialized vocabulary of a profession or trade

• jargon

• pidgin

• standard

• denotation

a simplified form of speech developed from two or more languages

• pidgin

• connotation

• vernacular

• argot

the study of meaning and word interpretation; the exact meaning of a word

• semantics

• idiomatic

• connotation

• argot

conforming to the established language used by educated speakers; something established as a measure of quality

• standard

• connotation

• idiom

• jargon

everyday language, rather than literary language; the native language or dialect of a country, place or group; commonly spoken by a region or group

• vernacular

• denotation

• standard

• semantics