If you're like me and you do a lot of copy editing, you probably see a lot of words that are almost the right one, but laughably out of context (embellish instead of enhance is a recent one -- although both involving adding to, they are not the same word by a long shot). Also, whereby is not an all-purpose conjunction.
The point is, using a thesaurus to add variety is a good thing. Using a thesaurus to try to sound smart, but really having no clue what you're saying, well, you can figure it out.
Ed. note: This is just a part in my ongoing battle against people who think they're smarter than they really are. It's much better to act dumber than you are, so every now and then you can be really brilliant and impress the hell out of people.
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