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Similar in nature to the SAT group but more difficult. You may find them in
GREs (Graduate
Record Exams↗). SAT and GRE words are basically words found in journalism.
(as opposed to novels or other literatures.)
When i cannot find a categorical basket to put the word in, i dump it here.
Writers are the ones to blame for this utter quandary.
What a strung-out tongue-in-cheek booby-trap!
I daresay the forthcoming outlook of a headstrong
crackpot is oftentimes a polymath not unlike the
foresight of yours truly.
Compound word or portmanteau words. For many of these words, the hyphen
eventually dis-appears. For example, email started as e-mail for
electronic-mail. (As email becomes infused into household usage,
there is a gradual tendency to drop the e in email.
Familiar words with unfamiliar meanings or likely to be misunderstood. For
example, a seedy hotel; It's not cricket to cheat at cards;
marshal all the relevant facts for the presentation.
Words that looks glaringly foreign. Exempli gratia: de facto, bona fide, ad
hoc, voilą, et cetera. From a etymology point of view, most words are foreign
anyway.
Iike, more bang for the buck.
Yup! So what's the diff between slang and informal? Often,
slang begin as slang, and when they become pop, pundits upgrade them to
informal status. Sometimes, dictionaries will disagree on a word status
being slang, informal, or standard.
Nouns are the least interesting class, period.
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