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# Words that should be added/modified
| Word | Occurence | Explanation |
| :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- |
| whittle | 815 | add sub-numbering i.e. (1.a, 1.b) |
| fulgurate | 731 | meaning: `2:` -> `2.` |
| congruity | 974 | end of underline missing in example. Also: remove numbering? Synonyms should only be listed in explanation, not example. |
| epicure | 1339 | fix typos in explanation. |
| espouse | 1349 | list two different meanings seperately |
| inveigh | 1778 | add linebreak between meanings, 1st meaning should be called `1a.` |
| lam | 1780 | corrupt linebreak char in examples, remove numbering from meaning |
| mettle | 1784 | add linebreak between meanings |
| turgid | 1029 | add numbering to first example |
| screen | 668 | `2. N.` -> `2. n.` |
| vacious | 726 | add linbreak between thrid and fourth meaning |
| minatory | 1787 | does this word have any connection to "minataur"? |
| mise en scene | 1788 | add linebreak between meanings |
| nary | 1789 | add numbering to third example |
| nemesis | 1790 | rearrange examples to be numerically sorted. Remove empty example and rename `1b.` -> `1.` |
| assent | 376 | add `1b.` to second example, add `1a.` for the first one |
| obloquy | 1792 | fix numbering for 2b. |
| asperity | 367 | `Syn1 :` -> `Syn1: ` |
| palaver | 1794 | remove `1c.` |
| imprecation | 1604 | `1b.` -> `1b. ` |
| perfunctory | 1795 | delete, we already have perfunctory |
| peripatetic | 1796 | remove linebreak in the middle of the first example, add linebreak between meaning 1a. and 1b. |
| languor | 1649 | add numbering to examples |
| pileous | 1800 | spelled differently in example |
| pinchbeck | 1801 | add linbreak between meanings, maybe come up with a better numbering scheme than `1bb.` (1, 2a, and 2b maybe?) |
| portent | 1803 | we already have portending, is it possible to add the 2nd meaning of "prodigy, marvel" to portending or do these meanings differ too much |
| pucker | 1806 | first example: `1.` -> `1a.` |
| despoil | 1181 | remove numbering in example |
| pugnacious | 1807 | remove pugnacious from synonyms |
| lustre | 1678 | in explanation: `" 2.` -> `2.` |
| fulsome | 1561 | `Context important !` -> `Context important!` |
| compunction | 922 | `Latin :` -> `Latin: ` |
| raffish | 1812 | add linebreak between meanings |
| ewe | example for rebus | |
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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_ vs. _augury_
- _frenetic_ vs. _frantic_
- _imprudence_ vs. _improvidence_
- reproof vs. reproach