Junior English Vocab 1

Appellation (noun)

A name or title that distinguishes or identifies

Diphthong (noun)

A speech sound that consists of either two vowels or a vowel and a semivowel (such as y) contained in a single syllable

Appellation (noun)

A name or title that distinguishes or identifies

Diphthong (noun)

A speech sound that consists of either two vowels or a vowel and a semivowel (such as y) contained in a single syllable

Eponym (noun)

A person for whom something is or is thought to be named

Linguistics (noun)

The study of human speech, especially its components, structure, and nature, and how it changes

Neologism (noun)

A newly made up word, phrase or expression

Parlance (noun)

A particular manner or kind of speech

Patois (noun)

A dialect other than the standard dialect of a language, especially a regional or uneducated form of speech

Polyglot (adj)

(a) Consisting of many groups speaking different languages

(b) Speaking or writing several languages

Solecism (noun)

The ungrammatical usage of a word or construction of a sentence

Vulgar (adj)

(a) Spoken by or using the language spoke by the common people rather than literary, cultured, or learned people

(b) Lacking taste or delicacy