Across
- 4. (a) No longer used or applicable; ancient
- 6. (adj) conforming to the established language used by educated speakers // (n) something established as a measure of quality
- 7. (n) A specialized vocabulary of a profession or trade // (n) nonsensical or meaningless communication
- 8. (n) the most direct or specific meaning of a word
- 10. (n) The informal, specialized vocabulary or expressions of a particular group
Down
- 1. (n) Ideas or meanings suggested by a word; associations that go beyond a word’s literal meaning
- 2. (n) the study of meaning and word interpretation // (n) the exact meaning of a word
- 3. (n) everyday language, rather than literary language // (n) the native language or dialect of a country, place, or group // (adj) commonly spoken by a region or group
- 5. (n) a simplified form of speech developed from two or more languages
- 9. (n) an expression with a special meaning that cannot be understood from the meaning of the individual words; a nonliteral expression