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# Words that should be added/modified
| Word | Occurence | Explanation |
| :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- |
| ipso facto | no.1410 | " , " -> ", " |
| apostatize | no.1259 | "one.s" -> "one's" |
| fervid,fervent | no.342 | remove straggling " |
| irredentist | no.1234 | corrupted end of bold delimiter |
| deprecate/depreciate | no.203 | remove lots of straggling " , clean up formatting |
| eluding | no.1277 | add linebreak before 2nd example |
| in general | | " : " -> ": ", " , " -> ", " " . " -> ". ", " ; " -> "; " |
| credence | no.185 | end of bold delimiter missing |
| cantankerous | no.596 | fix example |
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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_