| A | B |
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| Archaic | Referring to words or language that were once common but are now rarely used |
| Argot | The informal vocabulary used by a particular class or group |
| Connotation | The mental connections or associations suggested by a word that go beyond its literal meaning |
| Denotation | The exact meaning of a word |
| Idiom | An expression having a special meaning that is not clear from the usual meaning of the individual words in the expression |
| Jargon | The specialized technical vocabulary used by people in the same profession or field |
| Semantics | The study of the historical changes in the meanings of words |
| Slang | Highly informal language that occurs most often in informal conversation |
| Standard | Conforming to established usage in speech or writing |
| Vernacular | The normal spoken language of a country or region as distinct form the literary or learned language. Everyday speech. |
