GRE/TODO.md
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Words that should be added/modified

Word Occurence Explanation
poise Prep-scholar Vocab (Sentence Equivalence)
aplomb Prep-scholar Vocab (Sentence Equivalence)
tenacity Prep-scholar Vocab (Sentence Equivalence)
windfall Prep-scholar Vocab (Sentence Equivalence)
gauche no.368 weird formatting in explanation
bucolic no.833 Remove "..." from example
gen/o/e/genesis no.1049 what should a single "o" or "e" mean? example for generation cuts off
germane no.370 add space after "germane" in example.
ebullient no.956 example cuts off
glib no.371 weird phrasing in meaning
gouge no.876 word gets a different feeling if one connects it to the other meanings of gouge, maybe include those?
gambit no.873 "Bauernopferstrategie" in explanation spelled incorrectly
gossamer no.372 better example: "Two days later, Taal Volcano erupted outside of Manila, coating the parked cars in Poblacion with a gossamer of white ash.
Fairies are often depicted wearing a gossamer or tattered clothes"
gossamer no.372 add explanation: refering to the similarity in appearance of softness between geese down and cobwebs, referring to an autumn after a good summer -> "goose summer" (middle english)
gregarious no.374 Missing '"' in explanation
grovel no.757 Meaning cuts off mid-word
guile no.357 remove brackets around explanation
cosset no.949 move beginning of underline to beginning of word, not end of "would" in example. (underlines an empty space before "cosset")
hack no.378 clean up number formatting in example
hackneyed no.379 missing underline ending delimitor in example
foil no.353 numbering inconsistent in example
elucidate no.856 remove "..." in example
fledgling no.348 add numbering to 2nd example
effluent no.263 repeats "effluent" in example
husband no.390 fix formatting (numbering in example and formatting in 2nd meaning)
imminent no.401 needs end of underline delimiter in example
grovel no.757 improve explanation and example, really hard to understand
appropriate no.68 improper numbering in example
chauvinsim no.836 meaning cuts off mid-word
circum no.1380 remove quotes in meaning, looks weird on cards
compelling no.157 needs end of underline delimiter in example
die no.219 inconsistent numbering in example
dissemble no.240 meaning cuts off mid-word
foible no.868 meaning cuts off mid-word
imprudence no.413 example cuts off mid-word
impudent no.414 example cuts off mid-word
inchoate no.419 word differently spelled in example. confused with incoherent?

Questions to answer:

  • Difference between abate & attenuate
    → 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