Quotes: Vocabulary
(a pleasure that comes with an abundance of words)
for greater vocabulary challenges and experiences.
2. The range, or extent, of words associated with a subject or area of activity, or used by a particular person, class, profession, etc.
3. The sum, or aggregate, of words composing a language, or languages.
4. Etymology: a stock of words from 1532, in the writing of Sir Tomas More; perhaps borrowed by influence of Middle French vocabulaire, which came from Medieval Latin vocabularium, "a list of words"; from Latin vocabulum, "a word, a name"; from vocare, "to name, to call".
The term "vocabulary" consists of a list of words, usually defined and alphabetized, as in a dictionary or specialized glossary. It is a complete word stock of a language; sum corpus of words used in a sublanguage or by a group, a class, or an individual. It is also considered to be a scope of diction, a command of words, or a range of expressions.
the many sources of English vocabulary.
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Many people get unlimited mileage out of a limited vocabulary.News release: Two trucks loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus collided as they left a New York publishing house, according to the Associated Press.
Witnesses were aghast, amazed, astonished, astounded, bemused, benumbed, bewildered, confounded, confused, dazed, dazzled, disconcerted, disoriented, dumbstruck, electrified, flabbergasted, horrified, immobilized, incredulous, nonplussed, overwhelmed, paralyzed, perplexed, scared, shocked, startled, stunned, stupefied, surprised, taken aback, traumatized, upset.
Words are things, and a small drop of ink falling like dew upon a thought produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
The Latin portion of our [English] vocabulary is still constantly receiving additions.
Words play an enormous part in our lives and are therefore deserving of the closest study.
Many studies have established the fact that there is a high correlation between vocabulary and intelligence and that the ability to increase one's vocabulary throughout life is a sure reflection of intellectual progress.
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