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# Words that should be added/modified
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| 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) |
| cide | no.150 | parricide in example claims to be parents, not father |
| -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 |
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# Questions to answer:
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- Difference between _abate_ & _attenuate_<br />
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→ abate can weaken to the point of disappearing, attenuate has to be always present.
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- Difference between _castigate_ & _chastize_
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- Are _fervid_ & _fervent_ the same word?
- Connotation of _facetious_
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- _diatribe_ vs _harangue_<br />
→ harangue more official and bombastic?
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- Difference between _obstinate_ & _obdurate_
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- _quiescence_ vs. _abeyance_
- _phlegmatic_ has a negative connotation, doesn't it?
- _mendacity_ vs.
- _presage_ vs. _omen_