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dispersal is the answer.........
Its FALSE I took the test
Try to use context and that should help you but if u still dont get it try reading an updated version of it.
A. knew, because if you think about how they all sound, B and C could not work, since they sound kind of weird. D sound like it could work, but only if it was "had <em>know</em><em>n</em>". Therefore the only answer left to pick is "A. knew".
Right off the bat you can cross out idiom off the list, which leaves us down to slang, jargon and dialect. It isn't very likely it's dialect since that refers more to regional language or a specific group of persons. Now we are down to two possible answers, slang and jargon. Slang is categorized as very informal and is not connected to a particular group or profession. I'm not sure which English you are in but jargon is one of the rhetorical devices learned in AP Language and Literature. To be more specific, jargon IS the language which is involved with a particular group or profession. For example, in terms of running some jargon could be "fartlek" and "strides".