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  • noun informal Vocabulary, especially that acquired while learning a language.

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Shortened from vocabulary.

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  • I'd like to give a "shout-out" to the publishers who finally got on Palin vocab "bandwagon." joe

    McCain campaign adviser pushes back on Palin book 2009

  • You'll need a dictionary, but the vocab is very hip and current.

    Best Tips for Learning French - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • The songs share more than title vocab: both are superb examples of the musician in optimistic mode, all layer-on-layer and pep.

    PopMatters 2009

  • The songs share more than title vocab: both are superb examples of the musician in optimistic mode, all layer-on-layer and pep.

    PopMatters 2009

  • - Speech delay till age 3 and had a very limited speech development (a jargon vocab limited with 3 to 4 comprehensible words) from age 3 to 5.

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2008

  • AND her “expression” was one that she alwaysss makes, i don’t think it was to be rude or a b****. and calling her a “high-schooly” girl pleaseeee, her vocab is probably better then anyone in that “aftershow.”

    Twilight Lexicon » Forkfuls: Twilight News Tidbits 2009

  • Quicktionary: Seiko's pen-shaped English-Spanish translator ($200; 800-848-3545) is light-weight, has a 400,000-word vocab and makes an ideal travel partner.

    Hot New Devices Prove That Size Really Doesn't 2008

  • There's also the sad fact that, although I can one tense, two-hundred word vocab, scrimp along in any number of languages, I have fluency in English only.

    Pink Slip Maureen Rogers 2010

  • We want to package our thoughts into little, easily digestible, tidbits full of newly-coined vocab words that will hopefully be used in the future as a bunch of webgeeks half a world away talk about our blog.

    kadavy.net 2008

  • Very much the same as my Chinese 'bad language' vocab which is sitting at Primary level.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

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