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:# Words that should be added/modified
| Word | Occurence | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| dullard | 1909 | person. -> person |
| amenable | 46 | better example, hard to remember |
| floundering | 350 | struggling: -> struggling |
| cide | 150 | Killer of () -> Killer of _, add space between brackets and examples (some have them, some don't) |
| foppish | 1765 | 17cent in example |
| tout | 1832 | add linebreak between 2nd and 3rd meaning |
| bandy | 1874 | add numbering to 1st meaning, third meaning: ajd. -> adj. |
| wan | 1898 | maybe renumber meanings as 1 and 2 to fit the numbering of examples |
| retrograde | 1922 | remove one of the four examples for the first meaning |
| dolt | 1856 | add linebreak between examples 1a. and 1b., been ! -> been! |
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
- diatribe vs harangue
→ 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