Vocab Quiz 1

The exact meaning of a word

• standard

• connotation

• denotation

• jargon

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The informal vocabulary used by a particular class or group, such as criminals; a secret language

• archaic

• slang

• idiom

• argot

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A rule or model used to judge the quality of correctness of something; criterion

• vernacular

• semantics

• jargon

• standard

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The mental connections or associations suggested by a word that go beyond its literal meaning or its dictionary definition

• denotation

• semantics

• connotation

• archaic

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Referring to words and language that were once common but are now rarely used

• vernacular

• archaic

• jargon

• slang

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An expression having a special meaning that is not clear from the usual meaning of the individual words in the expression

• idiom

• jargon

• slang

• argot

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The normal spoken language of a country or region as distinct from the literary or learned language; everyday speech

• slang

• jargon

• vernacular

• common

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Confusing, meaningless talk

• slang

• jargon

• argot

• archaic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Highly informal language that occurs most often in casual conversation

• jargon

• semantics

• standard

• slang

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The study of historical changes in the meanings of words

• semantics

• connotation

• standard

• vernacular

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D