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lexical

adjective as in linguistic

adjective as in verbal

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She found that high-scoring essays shared features related more to the ability to express complex meaning, such as lexical diversity, noun modification, and soundness and number of arguments, than to structural complexity.

Both reminiscing and book sharing increased the lexical richness of parent speech compared to toy play.

No other lexical inspiration has been identified though,” the dictionary noted in an explanation published Monday.

We make things: gardens, quilts, music and, above all, stories, in a vernacular all our own with its lexical ties to working class Anglo-Irish and the King James Bible.

One senses in Emilia and her lexical games both the desire for intimacy and a desire to hold intimacy at bay; in Julio, a boyish uneasiness about love.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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