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Words that should be added/modified
| Word | Occurence | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| pique | no.1007 | Meaning does not seem to fit example |
| respectively | no.652 | meaning starts mid-word? |
| reticence | no.790 | meaning cuts off mid-word, maybe delete this one or reticent (no.654) since it's pretty much identical |
| ribald | no.1018 | formatting issue in explanation |
| sanguine | no.1020 | maybe move end of meaning to explanation |
| peruse | no.577 | missing "peruse" in 2nd example, maybe remove triple exclamation marks, looks cheap. (An underline does the same) |
| rarefy | no.640 | add line break between meanings |
| screen | no.668 | move example from explanation to example column |
| soliloquy | no.928 | meaning cuts off mid-word |
| superbly | no.692 | ad excellently does ad mean something i'm not familiar with or has the word been cut off? |
| supine | no.1025 | first example not numbered, also the first example seems historically inaccurate since it involved the assassination of Dolfuß |
| tacit | no.699 | remove ":" in the beginning of example |
| 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 |
| rue | no.791 | weird example sentence. slavery to the slave rule? |
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