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Englisch GRE (Subject) / Englisch GRE Teil 3 (Lesson)
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- Sere - withered/ old 1
- Vulpine - like a fox [compare with bovine (cow-like)/ porcine (pig-like), etc.] 1
- Corroborate - give supporting evidence [corroboration (n)] 1
- Exacerbated - made worse [exacerbate (v)/ exacerbation (n)] 1
- Exact (v) - to demand/ extort 1
- Faddish - whimsical/ following a fashion 1
- Hapless - unlucky 1
- Misconstrue - put a wrong interpretation on something 1
- Perennial - long-lasting 1
- Rent - torn (past participle of the verb to rend) 1
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- Shard - fragment of pottery 1
- Xenophobe - person afraid of foreigners 1
- Alleviated - made less severe [alleviation (n)/ alleviate (v)] 1
- Apostrophe - 1. punctuation mark/ 2. appeal to someone not present (a figure of speech) 1
- Centurion - roman soldier (commander of a company of 100 soldiers) 1
- Emollient - softening (a)/ something which softens (n) 1
- Fusillade - long burst of gunfire 1
- Inerrancy - infallibility/ inability to make mistakes [inerrant (a)] 1
- Mince - 1. chop into small pieces/ 2. walk with tiny steps, 3. speak in an affected manner 1
- Palpate - medical term meaning to examine with the hands 1
- Platitude - unoriginal, obvious saying 1
- Quibble - 1. (v) to argue about minor matters/ to play on words when finding fault/ 2. (n) a minor verbal point in an argument 1
- Apprehension - slight fear/ sense of something unfavorable 1
- Conniving - cunning/ scheming [connive (v)] 1
- Derision - mockery [deride (v)] 1
- Epigram - short, witty saying 1
- Lassitude - lack of energy/ weariness 1
- Pedantic - over-insistent on matters of book-learning [pedant (n)] 1
- Phenomenology - branch of science concerned with things as they are perceived/ not directly derived from theory 1
- Precipitate - 1. hurried (a)/ 2. insoluble product of a reaction in chemistry (n), 3. to instigate or speed up an action (v) 1
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- Renege - go back on promise or retract statement 1
- Armada - fleet of ships 1
- Dawdler - slow person who falls behind others [dawdle (v)] 1
- Dross - something worthless/ impurities left after refining 1
- Expiate - atone/ make amends for 1
- Hack - 1. chop roughly/ 2. person who writes to earn money, 3. hired horse 1
- Prone - 1. vulnerable to/ 2. horizontal 1
- Propensity - tendency/ inclination 1
- Scabbard - cover for a sword 1
- Skiff - small boat 1
- Umbrage - 1. shadow/ 2. offence/ sense of injury 1
- Dilettantism - dabbling esp. in the arts [dilettante (n) = person who dabbles] 1
- Enervate - weaken 1
- Malevolent - having evil intentions [malevolence(n)] 1
- Neophyte - new convert/ tyro 1
- Panegyric - speech praising someone/ laudatory words 1
- Presage - forewarn of/ indicate 1
- Serration - jagged edge 1
- Slight - 1. minor (a)/ 2. perceived insult (v) and (n) 1
- Tare - 1. weed/ 2. allowance made for container when weighing 1