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  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    BLINKERED

    'Engstirnig, Borniert'

    October 28, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    CHECK

    a) 'Ueberprüfen'

    a) 'Aufhalten, Eindämmen'

    - Check if lights are on vs Check the inflation

    October 28, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    RAFT

    a) 'Schlauchboot'

    b) 'eine (grosse) Menge, Vielzahl'

    - Inflatable Raft vs a Raft of people

    October 28, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    INVOLVED

    a) 'Komplex, Kompliziert'

    b) 'Beteiligt'

    - An involved sentence structure vs People Involved in a project

    October 28, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    EXPANSIVE

    a) 'Comprehensive, Wide-Ranging'

    b) 'AFFABLE, Talkative'

    An Expansive policies vs I got across Clegg in Expansive mood

    October 28, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    BASE (adjective!)

    'Niederträchtig, Feige, Niedrig'

    - Poor, Normal, Ignoble, Immoral

    October 28, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    SCINTILLATING

    'Funkelnd' (physisch), 'Intelligent, Brilliant'

    October 29, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    HEDGE

    a) 'Absichern'

    If you hedge your bets, you play safely.

    b) QUALIFY, 'Einschränken'

    If you hedge a statement, you limit or qualify that statement.

    c) 'EQUIVOCATE, PREVARICATE

    Finally, hedge can also mean to avoid making a direct statement, as in equivocating.

    October 29, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    FELL

    a) 'Fällen'

    b) 'Fürchterlich' Terrible, Evil, Cruel

    October 29, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    ARCH (Verb!)

    a) 'Wölben, Krümmen'

    b) TO BE ARCH -> 'Veräppeln'

    To be arch is to be deliberately teasing, as in, “he shrugged off her insults because he knew she was only being arch”

    October 29, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    BEG

    a) Invite an obvious question

    By ASSUMING that Charlie was headed to college, she BEGGED the question when she asked him to which school he was headed in the Fall.

    b) To beg a question can mean to evade a question

    If you AVOID giving a direct answer, then you ARE also BEGGING the question.

    October 29, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    BECOMING (Adjective!)

    TO BE -

    'Jdm. Stehen', Appropriate, Matching nicely

    Her dress was becoming and made her look even more beautiful.

    October 29, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    FLEECE (Verb!)

    Defraud, Cheat

    October 29, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    TELLING (Adjective)

    'Aufschlussreich, Schlagend/Wirkungsvoll'

    Effective, Revealing, Striking

    October 29, 2013

  • Azr commented on the list tricky-“easy”-multiple-meanings-words-gre

    WAX (Verb)

    'Wachsen, Zunehmen'

    Waxing Moon <-> Waning Moon

    October 29, 2013