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# Words that should be added/modified
| Word | Occurence | Explanation |
| :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- |
| patsy | web | maybe it's too colloquial? Add it at your discretion |
| martinet | no.1684 | numbering even though there is only one example |
| mawkish | no.1685 | numbering even though there is only one example |
| filial | no.1430 | same as above, also: explanation has words cut off |
| megalomania | no.1686 | remove comma before "Genghis Khan" |
| gut | no.1580 | add linbreak between 3b. and 4th example |
| minutia | no.1693 | numbering with only one example |
| portending | no.1419 | add linebreak between examples |
| telluric | no.1601 | I would remove the "as opposed to the sea or air" as I have found it to be used in the sense of "earthly", "materialistic" or even "fallen" as well. |
| eddy | no.854 | I think we can remove the note about plural in expl. That was just a typo at proposition of the word |
| forbearance | no.1439 | end of bold delimiter missing |
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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