vocabulary word

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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