I will never acquire highbrow vocabulary in English. How the fuck do I remember the difference in meaning between>factitious>fastidiousand>facetiousThese words look so similar
Most native speakers don't know those words either.
>>200127265I don't care about native speakers of English. I want to be able to read sophisticated books in English without consulting the dictionary every other page
>>200127318Yeah some native speakers have this desire too. Unironically just play good single player video games and you'll expand your vocabulary. I promise it isn't because you aren't native, most native speakers are fucking retarded
>>200126342Those words all have very different meanings, spellings, and pronunciations, and contexts in which they're appropriate. They just begin and end in the same way. So I don't know what your problem is.
>>200126342>unimportant wordswho cares?
>>200126342>I will never acquire highbrow vocabulary in English.And it's a good thing.
>>200127318English is really easy I don't see the problem. I learnt it when I was a CHILD lmao
>>200126342>factitiousfakestarts with "fact" - which is the opposite of something factitious >fastidiouspedanticstarts with a "fast" - you can fast to not make a mess with your food, which would be quite fastidious of you>facetiousfunnystarts with "face", like your facethis isn't difficult at all you dummy
>facetious>factitiousShould't you be able to intuit the meaning behind those words pretty easily? I admit I had to look up what fastidious meant.
>>200128280Surprisingly, factitious means that something is artificial/made
>>200128257for fastidious, it makes more sense to consider that "tidy" is in the middle of it
>>200126342English is so simple that even little babies can learn it. Are you stupider than a little baby?
>>200126342>I will never acquire highbrow vocabulary in English.Most EFL speakers don't do this either thoughbeit, it's the same with all languages
>>200126342I have this problem for my own native tongue. My English is so much more advanced than my Portuguese now it's not even funny anymore, I am losing my own mothertongue.
