Meaning of vocabulary word | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A word which a student is expected to learn; a word included in a test of one's general vocabulary or of subject-specific terminology
   US
2. A newly learned word; a sophisticated or pretentious word
   US, broadly, informal
3. An ordinary dictionary word, as opposed to a name or neologism

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Examples

“The teacher then held up a real food item of each vocabulary word and asked the students to repeat each word in Spanish.”

“In my 1st grade classroom, I use our read-alouds to introduce our weekly vocabulary words. Before reading, I pre-select five to seven words from the text that students really need to fully comprehend the text.”

“2020 July 15, "33 Middle School Vocabulary Words Adults Still Get Wrong" Reader's Digest”

“They are — here's a new vocabulary word — anadromous, which means that when it's time for them to spawn, they return to the fresh water where they were born.”

“2016 January 29, Necco Ceresani, "You Are Ready for Continuous Delivery, Take the Leap" XebiaLabs Most people call this Continuous Integration, but like DevOps, it is just a vocabulary word for working together, and making sure everything works together.giphy (3)”

“Although I have on occasion picked up a vocabulary word in years of reading Will’s columns (he may be the only person I read who regularly slips in the word “condign,” an adjective with which I was previously unfamiliar), ten-dollar words are not his norm.”

“Donna—Of recent origin (not found as a name before the 1920s). Derived from the Italian vocabulary word donna "lady" and also used as a feminine form of Donald.”

“"Fomite" is not an often-heard vocabulary word, but it's spoken in the movie”

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