1.   But we lack a vocabulary with which to speak clearly about the dimension of time in architecture.

2.   He had the lungs, he knew the game, but he fatally lacked the vocabulary.

3.   Just as she lacks a vocabulary to describe what she is experiencing in the woods, she is missing the words to pray.

4.   She maintained that folks fell back on swearing because they lacked adequate vocabulary with which to express themselves.

5.   Some feel they lack the vocabulary to describe the problem, or fear being made to feel stupid.