# Words that should be added/modified | Word | Occurence | Explanation | | :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- | | hirsute | 1772 | `1.` -> `1a.` | | dulcet | 1857 | remove one of the two linebreaks between 1a(i). and 1a(ii). in example | | effluvia | 1858 | remove period in the middle of the first example sentence | | exposulate | 1863 | add numbering to examples | | hackneyed | 379 | meaning cuts off mid-word | | extempore | 1865 | `1c.` -> `1.c ` | ---- # 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_ - Are _fervid_ & _fervent_ the same word? - Connotation of _facetious_ - _diatribe_ vs _harangue_
→ 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_ vs. _augury_ - _frenetic_ vs. _frantic_ - _imprudence_ vs. _improvidence_ - reproof vs. reproach