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Englisch GRE (Subject) / Englisch GRE Teil 3 (Lesson)
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- Unprepossessing - unattractive 1
- Aberration - deviation from the normal 1
- Cant - insincere talk 1
- Disinter - dig up [opposite inter = bury] 1
- Fa‡ade - 1. front elevation of building, 2. false appearance or demeanor 1
- Impeding - hindering [impede (v)/ impediment (n)] 1
- Lacuna - gap/ missing part [plural = lacunae] 1
- Monolithic - united in purpose/ forming a single unit 1
- Pied - multicolored 1
- Roster - list of names 1
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- Seemly - appropriate (of behavior)/ decorous 1
- Analogue - 1. something similar/ 2. output proportional to input (engineering) 1
- Coda - piece of music at the end of a musical work/ finale/ final part of document 1
- Commingle - mix 1
- Equivocal - ambiguous/ open to interpretation [equivocate (v), equivocation (n)] 1
- Fallible - capable of making mistakes [fallibility (n)] 1
- Hallow - respect/ worship 1
- Indigence - poverty 1
- Papyrus - material used for writing on before paper was invented 1
- Pique - 1. annoyance (n)/ 2. to stimulate interest/ to annoy (v) 1
- Sap - 1. liquid inside plants (n)/ 2. to drain/ to undermine (v)/ 3. a fool (n) 1
- Arbitrator - mediator/ person appointed to judge a dispute [arbitrate (v)] 1
- Descry - to see (esp. at a distance)/ catch sight of 1
- Facetious - not intended to be taken seriously 1
- Indecorous - unseemly/ inappropriate (of behavior) 1
- Proliferate - grow and spread [proliferation (n)] 1
- Scotch (v) - to prevent/ stop/ disable 1
- Strut - 1. supporting rod (n)/ 2. to walk in an arrogant manner/ show off (v) 1
- Toy (v) - to play with 1
- Usury - lending money at high interest rates 1
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- Wag (n) - a witty person 1
- Atavism - reappearance of ancestral traits/ regression [atavistic (a)] 1
- Filibuster - delaying tactics 1
- Gambit - opening move/ transaction 1
- Mitigation - making less severe [mitigate (v)] 1
- Obligate - compulsory 1
- Predilection - leaning/ interest/ talent 1
- Propitiate - appease/ try to gain favor [propitiation (n)] 1
- Stanch - to stop 1
- Travesty - parody/ ridiculous error 1
- Waft - drift smoothly (v)/ whiff/ smell (n) 1
- Forage - search for food 1
- Lumber - 1. walk in an ungainly way/ 2. timber (wood) 1
- Muse - 1. think/ meditate (v)/ 2. a source of inspiration (n) [in mythology, a goddess who gives inspiration] 1
- Prescience - foreknowledge 1
- Prune - 1. to trim/ 2. a dried plum 1
- Ready - (used of wit) quick 1
- Resolve - firmness (n) 1
- Squalid - dirty and demeaning 1
- Sullied - made dirty or impure [opposite unsullied/ sully (v)] 1