<p>Is there a thread that lists all the wrong diction words and their replacements ?</p>
<p>Here’s a good list from the Writing Bible:
conscious/conscientious<br>
exacerbate/exasperate
incredible/incredulous<br>
ambivalent/ambiguous
gambit/gamut<br>
moral/morale
proceed/precede<br>
homing in/honing in
inequity/iniquity<br>
elegant/eloquent
antidote/anecdote<br>
appraise/apprise
torturous/tortuous<br>
affection/affliction
abduct/abdicate<br>
reflective/reflexive<br>
climatic/climactic<br>
bountiful/boundless
decisive/divisive<br>
revoke/revolt
broach/brooch<br>
expedient/expeditious
genus/genius<br>
imperial/imperious
irrelevant/irreverent<br>
motif/motive
systematic/systemic<br>
dilute/delude
flaunt/flout<br>
reticent/reluctant
vicious/viscous<br>
restive/restful
compass/compress<br>
indigenous/indigent
ingenious/ingenuous<br>
insensible/insensitive
corroborate/collaborate<br>
endemic/epidemic
dissemble/disassemble<br>
deprecate/depreciate
descry/decry<br>
engender/endanger
circumvent/circumnavigate/circumscribe/circumstance
sustain/retain/maintain<br>
regardless/irregardless
abstraction/obstruction<br>
accede/exceed
access/excess<br>
apathy/empathy
allude/elude<br>
allusion/illusion
elicit/illicit<br>
eminent/imminent
unanimous/anonymous<br>
defer/refer
uninterested/disinterested<br>
connotation/denotation</p>
<p>Got any questions with wrog diction?</p>
<p>The purpose of the Heimlich Maneuver, which was named after American physician Henry Heimlich, [is] to force air [from the lungs], thus [dislodging] and expelling the airway [abstraction]. No error</p>
<p>One textbook required in the English [course] is an [anthropology] of Elizabethan poems, collected from lesser-known poets such as Sir Edward Dyer and John Hoskins, [as well as] more [famous] bards, including William Shakespeare and Sir Walter Raleigh. No error </p>
<p>[When] the reporter discovered that his source [had lied] about the blackmail scandal, the newspaper offered [an infraction] of the story that [erroneously]<br>
identified the mayor as an extortionist. No error</p>