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Englisch GRE (Fach) / Englisch GRE Teil 3 (Lektion)
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- Whittle - 1. carve with knife/ 2. reduce step by step 1
- Colander - bowl with holes used to drain vegetables etc. 1
- Cumbersome - bulky/ difficult to carry [encumber = to burden] 1
- Diaphanous - transparent/ thin and delicate 1
- Dispatch - 1. send (v)/ 2. speed/ celerity (n) 1
- Epistemology - theory of knowledge 1
- Froward - stubborn/ wayward/ disobedient 1
- Supine - lying flat on one?s back 1
- Throwback - exhibiting primitive, or ancestral, traits 1
- Untoward - unexpected 1
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- Verisimilar - true to life/ giving the appearance of reality 1
- Abysmal - very deep/ very bad 1
- Approbation - approval [opp. disapprobation] 1
- Bent (n) - inclination/ aptitude 1
- Cadge - get by begging 1
- Debacle - disaster 1
- Extemporize - speak without preparation or rehearsal [extemporaneous (a)] 1
- Incumbents - occupiers of a job or position 1
- Lambaste - attack verbally 1
- Noisome - disgusting 1
- Pastiche - work (usually artistic) which imitates, or is composed of parts taken from varied sources 1
- Arboreal - living in trees/ concerned with trees 1
- Centrifuge - device to separate substances by spinning them at high speed 1
- Cloistered - isolated 1
- Disabuse - make someone aware of an error in thinking 1
- Engendering - causing/ bringing into being [engender (v)] 1
- Intemperate - excessive/ immoderate [intemperance (n)] 1
- Lugubrious - sad/ gloomy 1
- Nonplussed - confused 1
- Pedagogy - science of education/ teaching 1
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- Satiate - satisfy/ fill completely [satiable (a)/ satiation (n)] 1
- Slake - quench/ satisfy 1
- Artless - without effort/ without trickery/ simple 1
- Comeliness - beauty/ prettiness [comely (a)] 1
- Doff - take off (esp. of a hat) 1
- Don - put on (esp. of clothes) 1
- Erudition - learning/ scholarly knowledge [erudite (a)] 1
- Plaintive - sad/ mournful 1
- Suborn - bribe 1
- Tendentious - dogmatic/ biased 1
- Tortuous - indirect/ winding 1
- Verbiage - excessive or meaningless wordiness 1
- Atonement - making amends for sin or crime [atone (v)] 1
- Complaisance - flexibility/ willingness to please [complaisant (a)] 1
- Daguerreotype - forerunner of the photograph 1
- Fawn - behave in a sycophantic way/ grovel [fawning (a)] 1
- Gregariousness - sociability/ liking for crowds [gregarious (a)] 1
- Nascent - emerging/ newly formed 1
- Paean - praise/ tribute (esp. in song) 1
- Reproof - scolding/ criticism [reprove (v)] 1