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vocab 1&2
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English
10th Grade
09/20/2009
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annotation
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a critical or explanatory note
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appellation
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a name, title, or designation
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eponym
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a person whose name is the sourse of the name of something
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linguistics
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the study of language
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malapropism
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ridiculous misuse of of words
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neologism
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a new word or expression
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parlance
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a particular manner of speaking
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patois
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a nonstandard regional dialect
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polyglot
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using multiple languages
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vulgar
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crude, indecent, offensive
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contingent
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conditional or depending on other things
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eventuality
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something that could occur: a possibility
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implausible
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not likely
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inconceivable
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impossible to grasp fully
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in vain
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without success
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perchance
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perhaps; possibly
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preposterous
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absurd
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proclivity
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a natural talent; tendency
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prone
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having a tendency; likely to happen
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theoretical
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probable- restricted to ideas; abstract or unproven
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