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Nov 27, 2009
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vo•cab•u•lar•y



Pronunciation: (vō-kab'yu-ler"ē), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -lar•ies.
1. the stock of words used by or known to a particular people or group of persons: His French vocabulary is rather limited. The scientific vocabulary is constantly growing.
2. a list or collection of the words or phrases of a language, technical field, etc., usually arranged in alphabetical order and defined: Study the vocabulary in the fourth chapter.
3. the words of a language.
4. any collection of signs or symbols constituting a means or system of nonverbal communication: vocabulary of a computer.
5. any more or less specific group of forms characteristic of an artist, a style of art, architecture, or the like.

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