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31 lines
1.5 KiB
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# Words that should be added/modified
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| hirsute | 1772 | `1.` -> `1a.` |
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| dulcet | 1857 | remove one of the two linebreaks between 1a(i). and 1a(ii). in example |
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| effluvia | 1858 | remove period in the middle of the first example sentence |
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| exposulate | 1863 | add numbering to examples |
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| hackneyed | 379 | meaning cuts off mid-word |
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| extempore | 1865 | `1c.` -> `1.c ` |
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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_ vs. _augury_
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- _frenetic_ vs. _frantic_
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- _imprudence_ vs. _improvidence_
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- reproof vs. reproach
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