Usage

Plainclothes

(of a law enforcement officer) operating in civilian clothes.

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Figurehead

= a nominal leader who has no actual authority.

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Disposed vs. predisposed

Disposed = (1) in a willing frame of mind toward something, (2) suitably placed or situated, or (3) having a tendency toward something. Predisposed = disposed in advance or inherently disposed.

Bid, bade, bidden

Bid is now usually uninflected in the past tense and as a past participle, and bade and bidden are fading out of the language.

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Binded vs. bound

Bound is the standard past tense and past participle, but binded is common in reference to papers and documents.

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Milieu

a particular social environment.

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Buffer vs. buffet

Buffet = to hit or beat repeatedly or to beat back. Buffer = to lessen impact or to act as a moderating force between opposing things.