| A | B |
|---|
| archaic | ancient; no longer used |
| argot | informal specialized language (thief) |
| connotation | ideas suggested by a word |
| denotation | direct meaning of a word |
| idiom | word that cannot be taken literally |
| jargon | specialized vocabulary of a profession (doctor) |
| pidgin | developed from 2 languages |
| semantics | study of meanings of words |
| standard | conforming to the established |
| vernacular | everyday language |
