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vocabulary

Definition for vocabulary

noun as in language of a person or people

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The reports began introducing the rhetoric of climate change straight into the heart of the far right’s vocabulary.

From Salon

The girl, who is from Mparntwe or Alice Springs, also uses vocabulary from the Gamilaraay people of NSW and Queensland, which Ms Davis said showed "complete disregard for the vast differences among First Nations languages, cultures, and practices".

From BBC

“I hated books. Now I love reading books and read all the time,” the singer says, then adds with a laugh, “Before, my God, I only had like 20 words in my vocabulary. Now I’ve got at least a hundred, so that helps. I love the riddles of phrasing and trying to get phrasing in a different kind of puzzle-y way.”

Trump is now using a very limited vocabulary, lots of what we call "filler words".

From Salon

Billy sees the anguish in her eyes and instead decides to show her something that is not in Agatha’s vocabulary –– mercy.

From Salon

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

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