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