Extended Vocabulary C1

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• problematisieren/pʁoblematiˈziːʁən/

  to problematize

• konzedieren/kɔnt͡seˈdiːʁən/

  to concede

• explizieren/ɛkspliˈt͡siːʁən/

  to make explicit, to spell out

• abstrahieren/ˌapstʁaˈhiːʁən/

  to abstract

• darlegen/ˈdaːɐ̯ˌleːɡn̩/

  to expound, to set out

• entkräften/ɛntˈkʁɛftn̩/

  to invalidate, to rebut

• bekräftigen/bəˈkʁɛftɪɡn̩/

  to affirm, to reaffirm

• resümieren/ʁezyˈmiːʁən/

  to summarize, to sum up

• erachten/ɛɐ̯ˈʔaxtn̩/

  to deem, to consider

• erwägen/ɛɐ̯ˈvɛːɡn̩/

  to consider, to contemplate

• mutmaßen/ˈmuːtˌmaːsn̩/

  to surmise, to speculate

• abhandeln/ˈapˌhandl̩n/

  to treat (a topic), to deal with

• aufwerfen/ˈaʊ̯fˌvɛʁfn̩/

  to raise (a question), to pose

• sich verwahren

  to protest against, to object firmly

• sich anmaßen

  to presume, to arrogate

• sich erschließen

  to become apparent, to reveal itself

• durchdringen/ˈdʊʁçˌdʁɪŋən/

  to grasp fully, to penetrate intellectually

• konturieren/kɔntuˈʁiːʁən/

  to delineate, to give contour to

• sich erübrigen

  to be superfluous, to become unnecessary

• verkennen/fɛɐ̯ˈkɛnən/

  to misjudge, to fail to recognize

• ergründen/ɛɐ̯ˈɡʁʏndn̩/

  to fathom, to get to the bottom of

• diffizil/dɪfiˈt͡siːl/

  intricate, delicate

• prägnant/pʁɛˈɡnant/

  concise, pithy

• stringent/stʁɪŋˈɡɛnt/

  rigorous, cogent