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Appellation

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A name title or designation

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Annotation

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A critical or explanatory note

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Eponym

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A person whose name is the source of a word

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Linguistics

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The study of language

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Malapropism

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Ridiculous misuse of a word

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Neologism

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A new word, expression, or usage

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Parlance

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A particular manner of speaking

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Patois

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A regional dialect

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Polyglot

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Using several languages, like bilingual

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Vulgar

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Of or related to the language of the common people

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Contingent

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Conditional, dependent on other things

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Eventuality

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Something that may occur; a possibility

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Implausible

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Difficult to believe; not likely or credible

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Inconceivable

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Impossible to comprehend or fully grasp

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In vain

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Without success; completely ineffective

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Perchance

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Perhaps, possibly

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Preposterous

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Absurd

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Proclivity

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A natural inclination

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Prone

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Having a tendency; inclined

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Theoretical

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Restricted to ideas; abstract or unproven

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Evolve

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To develop or ACHEIVE gradually

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Immutable

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I changeable

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Inveterate

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Firmly established and having existed for a long time

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Malleable

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Capable or being shaped or formed by pressure

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Metamorphosis

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A marked change in form or function; transformation

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Modulate

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To adjust or adapt to a certain level or proportion

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Protean

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Readily taking on different forms, characteristics, or meanings

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Sporadic

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Scattered, occurring at irregular intervals

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Transmute

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To change from one form to another

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Volatile

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Tending to vary often or widely, as in price; subject to wide variation