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# Words that should be added/modified
| Word | Occurence | Explanation |
| :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- |
| promulgate | web | |
| prudence | The Catechism Explained | thought it would be similar to _prude_ but has a completely different meaning |
| perdition | The Catechism Explained | |
| officious | The Catechism Explained | |
| edict | The Catechism Explained | |
| hireling | The Catechism Explained | |
| apostatizing | The Catechism Explained | |
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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_