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:# Words that should be added/modified
| Word | Occurence | Explanation |
| :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- |
| amortize | 2001 | add linebreak between meanings |
| blandness | 2005 | `1b.` -> `1b. ` |
| coax | 2009 | remove `1b.` from meaning |
| vain | 1998 | end of bold character corrupted |
| palpability | 1944 | missing end of bold character in example |
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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_
- Connotation of _facetious_864
- _diatribe_ vs _harangue_<br />
→ harangue more official and bombastic?
- Difference between _obstinate_ & _obdurate_
- _quiescence_ vs. _abeyance_
- _phlegmatic_ has a negative connotation, doesn't it? -> no, it's rather neutral
- _mendacity_ vs.
- _presage_ vs. _omen_ vs. _augury_
- _imprudence_ vs. _improvidence_
- reproof vs. reproach