| A | B |
|---|
| archaic | ancient, no longer used |
| Argot | informal specialized language, often associated with thieves |
| Connotation | as suggested by a word, associations beyond a word’s literal meaning |
| Denotation | the most direct meaning of a word, dictionary definition |
| Idiom | an expression that can not be understood literally |
| jargon | specialized vocabulary of a profession or trade, nonsensical or meaningless communication |
| pidgin | simplified form of speech developed from 2 different languages combined |
| semantics | study of meanings of words and their interpretations |
| standard | conforming to the established language used by educated speaker, something established as a measure of quality |
| vernacular | everyday language, rather than literary language, commonly spoken by a region or group |
