| A | B |
|---|
| archaic | no longer used, ancient |
| argot | informal specialized expressions of aparticular group |
| connotation | ideas or meanings suggested by a word |
| denotation | most specific meaning of a word |
| idiom | expression with a special meaning that cannot be understood from the meanings of the individual words |
| jargon | a specialized vocabulary of a profession |
| pidgin | a simplified form of speech developed from 2 or more languages |
| semantics | the study of meaning and word interpretation |
| standard | something established as a measure of quality |
| vernacular | everyday language; commonly spoken by a region |
