Vocabulary Word
Word: parlance
Definition: language; manner of speaking; idiom; Ex. in legal/common parlance
Definition: language; manner of speaking; idiom; Ex. in legal/common parlance
Sentences Containing 'parlance'
When he told us of a man in a pew, of the change in the bride's manner, of so transparent a device for obtaining a note as the dropping of a bouquet, of her resort to her confidential maid, and of her very significant allusion to claim-jumping--which in miners' parlance means taking possession of that which another person has a prior claim to--the whole situation became absolutely clear.
More Vocab Words
::: alacrity - cheerful promptness without reluctance::: replicate - reproduce; duplicate
::: apprise - inform
::: allude - refer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect reference
::: disheveled - untidy (of hair or clothing); V. dishevel
::: delusive - deceptive; likely to delude; misleading; raising vain hopes; Ex. delusive promises
::: harbinger - forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)
::: torrid - (of weather) hot or scorching; passionate; Ex. torrid love affairs
::: benevolent - generous; charitable; having a wish to do good
::: suppress - put an end to forcibly; subdue; stifle; overwhelm; inhibit the expression of; check; prevent from being published or made public; Ex. suppress a smile; Ex. suppress the magazine/truth
