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3.8 KiB
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43 lines
3.8 KiB
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[#](#) Words that should be added/modified
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| Word | Occurence | Explanation |
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| promulgate | web | |
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| prudence | The Catechism Explained | thought it would be similar to _prude_ but has a completely different meaning |
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| perdition | The Catechism Explained | |
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| officious | The Catechism Explained | |
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| edict | The Catechism Explained | |
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| hireling | The Catechism Explained | |
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| apostatizing | The Catechism Explained | |
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| grovel | no.757 | clean up meaning (maybe remove run on sentence structure) |
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| cide | no.150 | parricide in example claims to be parents, not father |
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| -escent/escent | no.300/1430 | same word, maybe change no.300 meaning to _in the process of becoming_, del 1430 |
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| incumbent/recumbent | no.1378 | only has meaning/example for incumbent, not recumbent (recumbent is only in expl.) |
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| loath/loathe | no.1379 | end of underline delimiter missing in example |
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| equivocate | no.295 | switch caps to underline in explanation |
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| extra | no.1389 | what is the idea of splitting it inot two? also fix brackets in word field |
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| chide | no.1355 | fix type/level field. _1000 difficult GRE word**s**_ |
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| gossamer | no.765 | last part of explanation seems incorrect, that's only the origin of the word, not today's meaning |
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| irredentist | web | |
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| potentate | The Catechism Explained | |
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| haute | web | |
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| reprobate | The Catechism Explained | |
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# Questions to answer:
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- Difference between _abate_ & _attenuate_<br />
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→ abate can weaken to the point of disappearing, attenuate has to be always present.
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- Difference between _castigate_ & _chastize_
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- Are _fervid_ & _fervent_ the same word?
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- Connotation of _facetious_
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- _diatribe_ vs _harangue_<br />
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→ harangue more official and bombastic?
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- Difference between _obstinate_ & _obdurate_
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- _quiescence_ vs. _abeyance_
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- _phlegmatic_ has a negative connotation, doesn't it?
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- _mendacity_ vs.
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- _presage_ vs. _omen_
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