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CHS vocab final 1

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Appellation A name or title that distinguishes or identifies.
Diphthong A speech sound that consists of either two vowels or a vowel and a semivowel (y) contained in a single syllable.
Eponym A person for whom something is or is thought to be named.
Linguistics The study of human speech, especially its components, structure, and nature, and how it changes.
Neologism A newly made up word, phrase, or expression.
Parlance A particular manner or kind of speech.
Patois A dialect other than the standard dialect of a language, especially a regional or uneducated form of speech.
Polyglot Consisting of many groups speaking different languages.
Solecism The ungrammatical usage of a word or construction of a sentance.
Vulgar Spoken by or using the language spoken by the common people.
Amulet An object to bring luck or to protect against evil or injury; charm.
Capricious Characterized by or subject to sudden , unpredictable changes; fickle.
Fatalism The belief that all events are determined by fate.
Incantation A set of words spoken as a magic charm or to cast a magic spell.
Propitious Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious.
Providential Resulting from or seeming to result from divine will; fortunate.
Quirk A peculiarity of behavior; mannerism;
Serendipity The ability to make valuable discoveries by chance; luck.
Vagary A wild or unpredictable notion or action
Vicissitude A sudden or unexpected chaneg in one's life.
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