GRE/TODO.md
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# Words that should be added/modified
| Word | Occurence | Explanation |
| :---------------- | :-------- | :---------------------- |
| bailiff | no.484 | no space after underline in example |
| portending | definition of baleful | |
| defection | no.1159 | end of underline delimiter missing |
| cogency | no.875 | underline delimiter starts one character too early -> replace "<u> " with " <u>" |
| precocious | Mishima | |
| incipient | Mishima | |
| acolyte | Mishima | |
| descant | no.1179 | add linebreak between examples |
| appellation | no.281 | end of bold delimiter missing in example |
| augury | no.434 | underline too long |
| bonny | no.541 | see quotation marks in example |
| secrete | no.1542 | end of underline delimiter missing |
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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_
- Are _fervid_ & _fervent_ the same word?
- Connotation of _facetious_
- _diatribe_ vs _harangue_<br />
→ 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_