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, <u>coating</u> the parked cars in Poblacion <u>with a <b>gossamer</b> of white ash.</u><br/><u>Fairies</u> are often depicted <u>wearing a <b>gossamer</b></u> 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_<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_