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Mr. Tom Posted 6 years ago
Vocabulary

Apoplectic, Infra dig and Lacuna

Hi

These words are frequently used in our English newspaper. Could you please tell me how they would sound to you in everyday conversation? Stiff? Pretentious? Or simply educated?

  1. The minister found it infra dig to write to the authorities concerned.
  2. The judge was apoplectic when...
  3. There is a lacuna in the manuscript.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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These words are frequently used in our English newspaper. Could you please tell me how they would sound to you in everyday conversation? Stiff?

— Clive

  • These words are frequently used in our English newspaper.
  • Could you please tell me how they would sound to you in everyday conversation?
  • Stiff?
  • Pretentious?
  • Or simply educated?
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These words are frequently used in our English newspaper. Could you please tell me how they would sound to you in everyday conversation? Stiff? Pretentious? Or simply educated?

  1. The minister found it infra dig to write to the authorities concerned. old-fashioned, rare today.
  2. The judge was a
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Mr. TomThe minister found it infra dig to write to the authorities concerned.

This is unfamiliar and weird in the UK.

Mr. TomThere is a lacuna in the manuscript.

So is this. This gives the impression that someone learnt new words in English but, did not know that they are obscure and very strange in general use.

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