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# Words that should be added/modified
| Word | Occurence | Explanation |
| :----------------------- | :---------------------------- | :---------------------- |
| husband | no.390 | example uses "<b?" |
| engenuous | no.435 | " ;" instead of "; " in example |
| ingrate | no.760 | unnecessary "..." in example |
| fawn | no.338 | numbering weird in example |
| insipid | no.445 | "..." in example |
| exemplar | no.862 | weird characters at beginning of example |
| hackneyed | no.379 | no closing underline at end of example |
| flail | no.346 | Couldn't you also flail someone (with a flail)? |
| intransigent | no.454 | " ;" instead of "; " in meanig |
| enervate | no.1121 | delete, we'll keep no.765 |
| 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:
- Difference between _abate_ & _attenuate_<br />
→ 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_<br />
→ harangue more official and bombastic?