vocabulary word

Definitions

1. 1

   A word which a student is expected to learn

   A word which a student is expected to learn; a word included in a test of one's general vocabulary or of subject-specific terminology

   • The teacher then held up a real food item of each vocabulary word and asked the students to repeat each word in Spanish.
   • In my 1st grade classroom, I use our read-alouds to introduce our weekly vocabulary words. Before reading, I pre-select five to seven words from the text that students really need to fully comprehend the text.
   • 2020 July 15, "33 Middle School Vocabulary Words Adults Still Get Wrong" Reader's Digest
2. 2

   A newly learned word

   A newly learned word; a sophisticated or pretentious word

   • They are — here's a new vocabulary word — anadromous, which means that when it's time for them to spawn, they return to the fresh water where they were born.
3. 3

   An ordinary dictionary word, as opposed to a name or neologism

   • Donna—Of recent origin (not found as a name before the 1920s). Derived from the Italian vocabulary word donna "lady" and also used as a feminine form of Donald.
   • "Fomite" is not an often-heard vocabulary word, but it's spoken in the movie

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