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2.2 KiB
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38 lines
2.2 KiB
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# Words that should be added/modified
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| Word | Occurence | Explanation |
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| victual | web | |
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| premonition | web | |
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| ewe | 1795 | requires at least last column to be filled in |
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| resort | 1818 | add linebreaks between meanings |
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| moribund | 1698 | `2a.` -> `2a. ` |
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| stipple | 1825 | add numbering two third example? remove one of the two linebreaks |
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| dissimulate | 358 | `said"He` -> `said "He` & `reign. "` -> `reign."` |
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| suppliant | 1828 | add linebreaks between examples |
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| aspersion | 1717 | remove numbering from only example |
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| trencherman | 1834 | remove numbering from example |
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| untoward | 1837 | remove `or` from first meaning |
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| vagary | 1838 | 2nd example reformat numbering |
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| virago | 1840 | remove unnecessary third numbering from examples |
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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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