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Englisch GRE (Subject) / Englisch GRE Teil 3 (Lesson)
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- Veneration - worship/ respect [venerable (a), venerate (v)] 1
- Demur - object/ hesitate to accept 1
- Duplicity - cunning/ deception/ double dealing 1
- Exigency - urgent matter/ pressing need 1
- Expostulate - offer strong objections/ remonstrate 1
- Gossamer - delicate/ filmy/ like gauze 1
- Inefficacious - ineffective 1
- Pine - 1. type of evergreen tree/ 2. grieve 1
- Prudish - narrow-minded/ excessively concerned with morals [prudery (n), prude (n)] 1
- Quixotic - impractically idealistic 1
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- Stipple - cover with dots of paint etc. 1
- Abrasion - 1. damage to skin caused by scraping/ 2. process of scraping or rubbing [abrade (v)] 1
- Adumbrate - outline/ indicate 1
- Cognitive - concerned with thinking or perceiving [cognition (n)] 1
- Deign - condescend 1
- Fervid - passionate 1
- Gall - 1. bitterness (bad feeling)/ 2. confidence/ 3. abnormal growth on a plant 1
- Levee - 1. raised bank of a river/ 2. morning reception held by a monarch 1
- Preternatural - unnatural/ abnormal 1
- Quell - suppress 1
- Score (n) - written form of music 1
- Abut - to adjoin 1
- Consternation - worry and concern 1
- Gavel - judge?s hammer 1
- Lien - right to sell property held as a security/ legal hold on job etc. 1
- Parenthesis - remarks deviating from the main point [parentheses are round brackets in punctuation] 1
- Sinewy - vigorous/ having well-developed muscles [a sinew is a tendon] 1
- Steep (v) - to soak in water 1
- Tamp - to plug/ press loose matter down tightly (e.g. pack explosives into a hole) 1
- Venturing - 1. hazarding/ risking/ putting forward/ 2. going somewhere [venturesome means courageous or willing to take risks] 1
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- Wry - 1. twisted or bent to one side/ 2. dryly humorous 1
- Arduous - hard 1
- Decimated - kill or destroy a large part of (originally one tenth) 1
- Fledge - 1. grow feathers/ 2. leave nest [fledgling (n) = an inexperienced person or a baby bird] 1
- Gouge - cut or dig out 1
- Picayune - insignificant/ of little value 1
- Riveting - fascinating [to rivet literally means to fix metal plates using metal pins] 1
- Soliloquy - solo speech 1
- Supplicant - person who requests or begs for something [supplicate (v)] 1
- Transcendental - supernatural/ going beyond normal experience [transcendent (a)] 1
- Veritable - true/ genuine [verity (n)] 1
- Condescension - talking down to someone [condescending (a)] 1
- Divest - remove/ take off 1
- Eddy - circular current 1
- Epaulet - shoulder decoration 1
- Fallacy - wrong idea [fallacious (a)] 1
- Fringe - 1. decorative border with tassels (n)/ 2. to form an edge (v) 1
- Leaven - to make light/ modify/ cause bread to rise using yeast etc. 1
- Patronize - 1. to talk down to/ condescend/ 2. to be a customer of 1
- Prominent - 1. eminent/ 2. protruding/ 3. obvious 1