GRE/TODO.md

# Words that should be added/modified

| Word                | Occurence                                  | Explanation                                                                                                                                                                       |
| :----------------   | :--------                                  | :----------------------                                                                                                                                                           |
| promulgate          | web                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| prudence            | The Catechism Explained                    | thought it would be similar to _prude_ but has a completely different meaning                                                                                                     |
| perdition           | The Catechism Explained                    |                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| officious           | The Catechism Explained                    |                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| edict               | The Catechism Explained                    |                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| hireling            | The Catechism Explained                    |                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| apostatizing        | The Catechism Explained                    |                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| grovel              | no.757                                     | clean up meaning (maybe remove run on sentence structure)                                                                                                                         |
| -escent/escent      | no.300/1430                                | same word, maybe change no.300 meaning to _in the process of becoming_, del 1430                                                                                                  |
| incumbent/recumbent | no.1378                                    | only has meaning/example for incumbent, not recumbent (recumbent is only in expl.)                                                                                                |
| loath/loathe        | no.1379                                    | end of underline delimiter missing in example                                                                                                                                     |
| equivocate          | no.295                                     | switch caps to underline in explanation                                                                                                                                           |
| extra               | no.1389                                    | what is the idea of splitting it inot two? also fix brackets in word field                                                                                                        |
| chide               | no.1355                                    | fix type/level field. _1000 difficult GRE word**s**_                                                                                                                              |
| gossamer            | no.765                                     | last part of explanation seems incorrect, that's only the origin of the word, not today's meaning                                                                                 |
| irredentist         | web                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| potentate           | The Catechism Explained/came up as example |                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| haute               | web                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| reprobate           | The Catechism Explained                    |                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| limpid              | no.892                                     | brackets in second meaning                                                                                                                                                        |
| obviate             | no.539                                     | "2.." in 2nd example, needs space between numbering and sentence in example                                                                                                       |
| vacillate           | no.1131                                    | add break between meanings                                                                                                                                                        |
| badinage            | no.481                                     | end of bold delimiter missing in example                                                                                                                                          |
| effect/affect       | no.1450                                    | clean up formatting in example in general, shorten meaning                                                                                                                        |
| effect/affect       | no.1451                                    | does this affect come from the same root as _affecatation_? seems to me like it has nothing to do with the verb/noun thing of effect                                              |
| chicanery           | no.144                                     | remove trailing space in example                                                                                                                                                  |
| phob                | no.586                                     | for some reason "< /br>" does not work before "phobia = ", replace with "<br>", that seems to work for some reason                                                                |
| oxy                 | no.810                                     | weird quotes in meaning                                                                                                                                                           |
| qualify             | no.1455                                    | remove caps in explanation, replace with bold or underline. remove "..." from example, maybe clean it up a bit in genereal. Number formatting issues in example (see below table) |
| abstemious          | no.1456                                    | remove "T" in explanation                                                                                                                                                         |
| demure/demur        | no.1372                                    | switch order of meanings to fit rest of card better                                                                                                                               |
| para                | no.1130                                    | clean up example and meaning (lots)                                                                                                                                               |
| uranian             | no.1192                                    | remove comma after meaning                                                                                                                                                        |
| exegis              | no.708                                     | space between bold and and underline missing in example                                                                                                                           |
| approbation         | no.1458                                    | either remove underline or limit it to a section of the example, underlining everything is not really useful.                                                                     |


Punctuation and commas are often surrouned by spaces for some reason, a simple replace should do the trick " , " -> ", " . " -> ". ", " ! " -> "! "


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# Questions to answer:

- Difference between _abate_ & _attenuate_<br />
  → abate can weaken to the point of disappearing, attenuate has to be always present.
- Difference between _castigate_ & _chastize_
- Are _fervid_ & _fervent_ the same word?
- Connotation of _facetious_
- _diatribe_ vs _harangue_<br />
  → harangue more official and bombastic?
- Difference between _obstinate_ &  _obdurate_
- _quiescence_ vs. _abeyance_
- _phlegmatic_ has a negative connotation, doesn't it?
- _mendacity_ vs.
- _presage_ vs. _omen_