GRE I

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This set of flashcards helps learn English at the university level, focusing on advanced vocabulary essential for academic and professional success. It covers a wide range of terms like "accolade" (praise), "extinguish" (end existence), and "edible" (fit to be eaten), making it ideal for students and exam takers aiming to expand their lexicon. The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to practice from the target language to the source language, enhancing comprehension and retention. Whether preparing for standardized tests or seeking to improve fluency, this vocabulary flashcard set is a valuable resource for intermediate to advanced learners.

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252

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Langue

Anglais

Catégorie

Anglais

Niveau

Université

Créé / Mis à jour

20.11.2015 / 29.11.2015

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amalgamate

fusionieren/zusammenlegen

xenophile

person who is attracted to foreign peoples cultures

drowsiness

feeling sleepy/half asleep

suffocate

cause/have difficulty in breathing

scent

smell (especially pleasant)

animosity

strong dislike

submerge

put under water liquid sink out of sight

combustion

Verbrennung

premature

doing/happening sth before the right time

shunned

meiden/umgehen

anguish

severe suffering/Leid/Kummer

apt

fähig/begabt/talentiert

conceal

verheimlichen/verstecken

grumble

complain

indigenous

native

offhand

without preparation/forethought

somersault

rolling backward/forward movement (not sideways)

edible

fit to be eaten/not poisonous

extinguish

end the existence of/wipe or put out

accolade

praise, approval

contradict

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

to assert the contrary

intuit

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

ahnen/intuitiv erahnen

corroborate

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

untermauern

genre

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

Gattung // there is an inherently subjective aspect to the genre that often belies the researcher's claim to objective neutrality

inherently

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

angeboren/innewohnend/grundsätzlich // there is an inherently subjective aspect to the genre that often belies the researcher's claim to objective neutrality

aging

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

alternd // the aging engineer found it strange that…

translucent

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

durchsichtig/durchscheinend

porous

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

durchlässig/porig

quixotic

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

abenteuerlich

derision

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

Spott / Hohn

calumny

Rufmord/Verleumdung

commendation

Lob/Empfehlung // commendation letter

cognizant

bewusst/ gewahr // the scientist was cognizant of the fact that such vicissitudes were

vicissitudes

Wechselfalle/Launen des Lebens

salient

auffällig/hervorstechend

salubrious

gesund/heilsam

opprobrious

verächtlich/schändlich

endemic

einheimisch/vorherrschend

obtuse

stumpfsinning // Even engineering will need to read obtuse technical documents

thrust

stossen/schieben // these will help to indicate the thrust of the passage

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fretful

gereizt/ärgerlich

looming

heraufziehend/sich anbahnend // Richardson's adroit handling of the looming scandal

ecumenical

ökumenisch

inveterate

unverbesserlich // inveterate liar

libelous

beleidigend/verleumderisch

forfeited

verfallen/verwirkt

ulterior

verborgen/versteckt // ulterior motives (Hintergedanken)

feebleness

weakness // Burma drifted into economic feebleness

opulence

wealth, abundance (Überfluss)

nonchalance

casual lack of concern

recriminations

counteraccusations (gegenseitige Beschuldigung)

hubristic

arrogant // a hubristic person would never decline an opportunity for bragging or bombast

exalted

begeistert/überwschwänglich

humbled

gedemütigt

pretension

Überheblichkeit/Anmassung

edible

geniessbar/essbar

codify

the U.K. Department of Health codified dietary recommendations for expecting mothers

dectractors

Gegner

recidivism

Rückfall // it vastly reduce rates of recidivism

malfeasance

strafbare Handlung

ramifications

Folgen/Auswirkungen

impinge upon

beeinträchtigen/syn. Infringe on // one person's freedom ends where it begins to impinge upon another person's freedom

to cheer sb

aufmuntern/aufheitern

halcyon

prosperous, calm, peaceful // they were able to live a halcyon existence for hundreds of years

scotched

ended // the halcyon period was scotched only in the twentieth century by war

superfluous

more than sufficient, genügend // they included superfluous classrooms

pivot

schwenken, drehen // it served as a pivot in some middle-class people's working lives (critical juncture)

perquisite

an exclusive right/benefit

ubiguitous

allgegenwärtig

sham

counterfeit or fake

flagitious

wicked or evil

insouciant

unconcerned, light hearted

flippant

disrespectful

pleonastic

loquacious/garrulous

disruptive

harmful/deleterious

irk/peeve

ärgern/vex // the young boy had taken every opportunity to irk his babysitter

supercilious

arrogant

protracted

drawn out/lengthened

deigned

to condescend to give or grant or to think to fit in accordance with one's dignity.The word is used in the sense of "The king deigned to speak to the peasant"

esoteric

understood only by those who have special knowledge // the researcher gave an esoteric presentation focusing on the specific mechanics of the technique itself

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