| A | B |
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| Archaic | referring to words and language that were once common but now are hardly used |
| Argot | the informal vocabulary used by a particular class or group, such as criminals |
| Connotation | the mental connections or associations suggested by a word that go beyond its literal meaning or its dictionary definition |
| 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 historical changes in the meaning of words |
| Slang | highly informal language that occurs most often in casual conversation |
| Standard | conforming to established usuage in speech or writing |
| Vernacular | the normal spoken language of a country or region as distinct from the literary or learned language |
