punctuation
hyphenate compound adjectives (multiple words combining to make a single adjective)
hereditary
characterized by sticking (in family genes)
comma splice
no comma needed in a list of 2
anachronism
condition of being against (out of) time
Diction
than=comparison then= time/sequence or cause and effect
contravene
to go against something
redundancy
both "even though" and "but" accomplish the same purpose, so one of them is unneeded
innocuous
not full of harm or not having danger