38 lines
3.7 KiB
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38 lines
3.7 KiB
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# Words that should be added/modified
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| pique | no.1007 | Meaning does not seem to fit example |
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| respectively | no.652 | meaning starts mid-word? |
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| reticence | no.790 | meaning cuts off mid-word, maybe delete this one or _reticent_ (no.654) since it's pretty much identical |
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| ribald | no.1018 | formatting issue in explanation |
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| sanguine | no.1020 | maybe move end of meaning to explanation |
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| peruse | no.577 | missing "peruse" in 2nd example, maybe remove triple exclamation marks, looks cheap. (An underline does the same) |
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| rarefy | no.640 | add line break between meanings |
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| screen | no.668 | move example from explanation to example column |
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| soliloquy | no.928 | meaning cuts off mid-word |
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| superbly | no.692 | _ad excellently_ does _ad_ mean something i'm not familiar with or has the word been cut off? |
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| supine | no.1025 | first example not numbered, also the first example seems historically inaccurate since it involved the assassination of Dolfuß |
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| tacit | no.699 | remove ":" in the beginning of example |
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| temperance | no.704 | he exercised temperance _whenever_ he drank but he would never drink? Example sentence seems a bit off but i get the idea |
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| rue | no.791 | weird example sentence. _slavery to the slave rule_? |
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| toady | no.1027 | example cuts off mid-word |
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| transgression | no.804 | word does not occur in example |
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| truculent | no.1028 | example cuts off mid-word |
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| urbane | no.936 | example cuts off mid-word |
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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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- Difference between _obstinate_ & _obdurate_
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- quiescence vs. abeyance
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- phlegmatic has a negative connotion, doesn't it?
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