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27 lines
3.1 KiB
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# Words that should be added/modified
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| husband | no.390 | example uses "<b?" |
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| engenuous | no.435 | " ;" instead of "; " in example |
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| ingrate | no.760 | unnecessary "..." in example |
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| fawn | no.338 | numbering weird in example |
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| insipid | no.445 | "..." in example |
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| exemplar | no.862 | weird characters at beginning of example |
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| hackneyed | no.379 | no closing underline at end of example |
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| flail | no.346 | Couldn't you also flail someone (with a flail)? |
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| intransigent | no.454 | " ;" instead of "; " in meanig |
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| enervate | no.1121 | delete, we'll keep no.765 |
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| prodigal | no.624 | meaning of old duplicate seems better in my view: "a person who leaves home and behaves recklessly, but later makes a repentant return" |
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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?
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- Connotation of _facetious_
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- _diatribe_ vs _harangue_<br />
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→ harangue more official and bombastic?
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