GRE/TODO.md

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Words that should be added/modified

Word Occurence Explanation
enhance no.1218 comma after only example
turpitude no.717 ":" after words in meaning
philo no.583 example cuts off, maybe replace "-" with "="
san no.1334 sanitation has a typo in example
lat no.1231 example of correlation is listed in meaning
venality no.727 typo in venality in example
mir no.1262 Upper case in meaning
indelible no.425 quotation marks and ":" at end of meaning
phob no.586 meaning is in example field, not meaning
mot/move no.1265 remove "move" from word field as it is the meaning
vox no.1111 remove "vox=" from meaning
pel/pulse no.1280 add space between example wrd and word: "impel (drive into, drive out)"; add example for pulse, as in impulse?
pet no.1282 add example
plic no.1287 example for wrong word
strut 1 why was the first field changed from "-(o)logy" to "strut" looks like it was accidental

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