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Apposite and Opposite
Two words that mean very different things, but sound similar. I was in a predicament here when I came across this word-not familiar with it-in a sentence that said, “The blank case is singularly apposite to the case at bar”. That’s all fine and well, but I was confused about what the case stood for in the first place. Normally, when you don’t know what a word means you’re supposed to look at the context, but that’s what I was relying on the word to clarify. Catch 22. Here’s what I’m thinking. A rule of thumb. If the context is complicated, use a common word.
