SAT Crossword

1. The specialized technical vocabulary used by people in the same profession or field.
3. Highly informal language that occurs most often in casual conversation.
6. The informal vocabulary used by particular class or group, such as criminals; a secret language.
8. The mental connections or associations suggested by a word that go beyond its literal meaning or its dictionary definition.
9. Conforming to established usage in speech or writing.

2. Referring to words and language that were once common but are now rarely used.
3. The study of historical changes in the meanings of words.
4. The normal spoken language of a country or region as distinct from the literary or learned language;everyday speech. Native to or commonly spoken by residents of a particular country or region.
5. An expression having a special meaning that is not clear from the usual meaning of the individual words in the expression.
7. The exact meaning of a word.