Lesson 1

Question 1

Annotation

Answer 1

Noun

A critical or explanatory note

Question 2

Appellation

Answer 2

Noun

A name, title, or designation

Question 3

Eponym

Answer 3

Noun

A person whose name is, or is thought to be the source of, the name of something

Question 4

Linguistics

Answer 4

Noun

The study of the nature, structure, and variation of language

Question 5

Malapropism

Answer 5

Noun

Ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by confusing it with one of the similar sound

Question 6

Neologism

Answer 6

Noun

A new word, expression or usage

Question 7

Parlance

Answer 7

Noun

A particular manner of speaking

Question 8

Patois

Answer 8

Noun

A regional dialect, especially a nonstandard one that has no written tradition

Question 9

Polygot

Answer 9

Adjective
Using several languages

Noun
A person who speaks several languages

Question 10

Vulgar

Answer 10

Adjective
Of or related to the language of the common people

Crude; indecent

Offensively excessive in the display of one’s self or one’s wealth