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active vocabulary
ac·tive vo·cab·u·lar·y (plural ac·tive vo·cab·u·lar·ies)


noun 
Definition:
 
range of words used: the range of words that somebody normally uses in speech or writing, as opposed to words he or she understands when used by others
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