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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 |
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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?
- Difference between _obstinate_ & _obdurate_
- _quiescence_ vs. _abeyance_
- _phlegmatic_ has a negative connotation, doesn't it?
- _mendacity_ vs.
- _presage_ vs. _omen_