100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know by Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries

Author:Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

[French : laissez, second person plural imperative of laisser, to let, allow (from Latin laxāre, to loosen, from laxus, loose) + faire, to do (from Latin facere).]

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lex·i·con

(lĕk′sĭ-kŏn′)

noun

Plural: lex·i·cons or lex·i·ca (lĕk′sĭ-kə′)

1. A dictionary. 2. A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary: The lexicon of anatomy includes terms such as “aorta” and “duodenum.”

[Medieval Latin, from Greek lexikon (biblion), word(book), neuter of lexikos, of words, from lexis, word, from legein, to speak.]

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