:# Words that should be added/modified | Word | Occurence | Explanation | | :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- | | jibe | 2021 | end of bold delimiter missing | | poignant | 2026 | number differently (1 and 2), it's not clear which example is for which meaning | | consubstantial | Mishima | | | noctilucae | Mishima | | | din | Mishima | as in "din of waves" | | turbid | Mishima | | | sumpan | Mishima | | | shoal | Mishima | | | lèse majesté | Mishima | | | dandy | Mishima | | | davit | Mishima | as in "anchor davit" | | cuspids | Mishima | | | calcimined | Mishima | | | to sidle | Mishima | | | the offing | Mishima | | | derrick | Mishima | | | louvered | Mishima | | | to poise | Mishima | | | to totter | Mishima | | | tarpaulined | Mishima | | | to vy | Mishima | | | tremolo | Mishima | | | glutted | Mishima | | | to croon | Mishima | | | millenary | Mishima | | | to sunder | Mishima | | | insuperable | Mishima | | | paroxysm | Mishima | | | phrenoma | Mishima | | | rogatory | Mishima | | | soujorn | Mishima | | | squall (n.) | Mishima | | | cogitation | Mishima | | | gamut | Mishima | | | panoply | Mishima | | | meristic | Mishima | | | purposive | Mishima | | | contumely | Mishima | | | parochial | HBR | | ---- # Questions to answer: - Difference between _abate_ & _attenuate_
→ abate can weaken to the point of disappearing, attenuate has to be always present. - Difference between _castigate_ & _chastize_ - Connotation of _facetious_864 - _diatribe_ vs _harangue_
→ harangue more official and bombastic? - Difference between _obstinate_ & _obdurate_ - _quiescence_ vs. _abeyance_ - _phlegmatic_ has a negative connotation, doesn't it? -> no, it's rather neutral - _mendacity_ vs. - _presage_ vs. _omen_ vs. _augury_ - _imprudence_ vs. _improvidence_ - reproof vs. reproach