2020-09-01 12:40:42 +02:00
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:# Words that should be added/modified
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2020-06-07 14:15:12 +02:00
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2020-09-05 14:22:29 +02:00
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| Word | Occurence | Explanation |
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| dullard | 1909 | `person.` -> `person` |
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| amenable | 46 | better example, hard to remember |
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| floundering | 350 | `struggling:` -> `struggling` |
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| cide | 150 | `Killer of ()` -> `Killer of _`, add space between brackets and examples (some have them, some don't) |
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| foppish | 1765 | `17cent` in example |
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| tout | 1832 | add linebreak between 2nd and 3rd meaning |
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| bandy | 1874 | add numbering to 1st meaning, third meaning: `ajd.` -> `adj.` |
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| wan | 1898 | maybe renumber meanings as `1` and `2` to fit the numbering of examples |
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| retrograde | 1922 | remove one of the four examples for the first meaning |
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| dolt | 1856 | add linebreak between examples 1a. and 1b., `been !` -> `been!` |
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2020-06-21 11:26:10 +02:00
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2020-06-11 09:02:45 +02:00
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2020-06-09 17:20:14 +02:00
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# Questions to answer:
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2020-06-16 18:47:24 +02:00
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- Difference between _abate_ & _attenuate_<br />
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2020-07-14 08:32:37 +02:00
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→ abate can weaken to the point of disappearing, attenuate has to be always present.
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2020-06-11 09:02:45 +02:00
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- Difference between _castigate_ & _chastize_
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2020-06-15 08:49:37 +02:00
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- Are _fervid_ & _fervent_ the same word?
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- Connotation of _facetious_
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2020-06-19 16:55:29 +02:00
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- _diatribe_ vs _harangue_<br />
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→ harangue more official and bombastic?
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2020-06-24 09:53:48 +02:00
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- Difference between _obstinate_ & _obdurate_
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2020-07-08 17:53:05 +02:00
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- _quiescence_ vs. _abeyance_
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- _phlegmatic_ has a negative connotation, doesn't it?
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- _mendacity_ vs.
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2020-07-22 12:27:12 +02:00
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- _presage_ vs. _omen_ vs. _augury_
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2020-07-23 10:08:36 +02:00
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- _frenetic_ vs. _frantic_
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- _imprudence_ vs. _improvidence_
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2020-08-24 22:45:25 +02:00
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- reproof vs. reproach
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