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Englisch GRE (Subject) / Englisch GRE Teil 3 (Lesson)
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- Undercutting - offering a lower price/ undermining 1
- Arson - deliberate, criminal starting of fires 1
- Carrion - dead flesh/ carcasses 1
- Intelligible - can be understood 1
- Ironclad - cannot be altered/ firm 1
- Lint - fluff/ soft material used to cover wounds 1
- Pretension - assumed attitude of superiority/ arrogance 1
- Pundit - expert 1
- Pyre - ceremonial fire 1
- Sate - satisfy 1
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- Syncopation - type of musical rhythm with missed beats 1
- Abraded - worn away/ eroded [abrade (v)/ abrasion (n)] 1
- Apposite - fitting/ suitable 1
- Diatribe - tirade/ violent denunciation/ stream of criticism 1
- Gerontocracy - government by the aged 1
- Maculated - spotted 1
- Quisling - traitor 1
- Sedulity - thoroughness/ perseverance [sedulous (a)] 1
- Seine - type of fishing net 1
- Tender - to offer 1
- Waffle - talk nonsense 1
- Burlesque - 1. comic play/ 2. lampoon 1
- Exemplar - model type [exemplary (a)] 1
- Homiletics - art of preaching and giving sermons 1
- Impugn - challenge/ question someone?s honor etc. 1
- Incubus - encumbrance/ nightmarish thing 1
- Lope - run with long strides 1
- Macerate - soften or break up by soaking/ weaken 1
- Nostrum - remedy 1
- Saw - 1. tool for cutting/ 2. wise saying 1
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- Sibyl - prophetess 1
- Brook - 1. small stream/ 2. tolerate 1
- Emboss - decorate with a raised design 1
- Eschew - shun/ avoid 1
- Limpid - transparently clear 1
- Liturgy - form of worship 1
- Nexus - connection 1
- Odometer - instrument to measure distance covered 1
- Purchase - 1. grip/ 2. buy 1
- Quotidian - daily/ routine 1
- Seminal - essential/ formative 1
- Agog - amazed/ wide-eyed with enthusiasm 1
- Amortize - pay off a debt in installments 1
- Curmudgeon - grumpy person 1
- Dormancy - state of inactivity 1
- Efficacy - effectiveness 1
- Epithet - phrase used as a label or to express the essential nature of 1
- Figurehead - symbol of power/ nominal leader 1
- Fracas - fight/ disturbance 1
- Jamb - door post 1