Difficult Words- E Flashcards

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Ebullient

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Boiling ,bubbling with excitement ,exuberant .

He was so ebullient during the presentation that no one noticed the gaps in his research

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Eccentric

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strange or unusual

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Eclectic

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Choosing the best from many sources ,drawn from many sources .
His taste in art was eclectic .

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Edify

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To enlighten in moral or religious matters ,instruct
The teachers goal was to edify students and not to force them a handful of facts .

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Efface

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To erase ,rub away
The whole country had tried to efface the memory of the old dictatorship.

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Effusion

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an instance of giving off something such as a liquid or gas.

“a massive effusion of poisonous gas”
an act of talking or writing in anunrestrainedorheartfeltway.

“literary effusions”

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Egalitarian

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following the principle that everyone should have equal right

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Egregious

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Outstandingly bad ,extremely bad

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Elicit

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to manage to get information, facts, a reaction, etc. from somebody

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Elliptical

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Oval and obscure
An elliptical statement

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Elusive

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not easy to catch, find or remember

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Emigrate

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To move to a new place

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Eminent

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famous and important

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Empirical

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based on experiments and practical experience, not on ideas and theory

Huey’s idea about the moon being made of pizza dough was not empirical .

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Emulate

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to try to do something as well as, or better than, somebody ,imitate

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Encroach

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to intrude gradually, stealthily, or insidiously upon the rights, property, etc, of another
To trespass

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Endemic

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Native ,restricted to particular region

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Enervate

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To reduce the strength and energy of

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En franchise

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give somebody the right to vote in an election

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Disfranchise

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to take away somebody’s rights, especially their right to vote

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Engender

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To bring into existence ,to create
My winning lottery engendered a great deal of envy among others

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Enigma

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Mystery

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Enormity

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Extreme evil ,hideous offence
A great size of something

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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a very short time

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Epigram

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A brief ,witty and satirical saying

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Epitome

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Perfect example
Summary

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Equanimity

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Composure ,calm

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Equitable

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Fair

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Equivocal

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Ambiguous,intentionally confusing

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Erudite

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Scholarly ,deeply learned

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Esoteric

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Hard to understand ,understood by only few

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Espouse

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To support and adopt

,she espoused the causes of justice and freedom for all”

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Ethereal

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extremely delicate and light, in a way that seems unreal; of heaven or the spirit

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Euphemism

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an indirect word or expression that you use instead of a more direct one when you are talking about something that is unpleasant or embarrassing; the use of such expressions

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Evanescent

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soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.

“the evanescent Arctic summer”

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Exacerbate

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to make something worse, especially a disease or problem

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Exacting

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needing a lot of care and attention; difficult

making severe or excessive demands; not easily satisfied; strict. an exacting teacher

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Exalt

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to make somebody rise to a higher rank or position
He was exalted to the post of a general

To praise somebody

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Exasperated

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to make somebody angry; to annoy somebody very much

he was exasperated by the lack of progress.

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Exemplify

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to be a typical example of something

The city’s economic growth is exemplified by the many new buildings that are currently under construction

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Exhaustive

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including everything possible
This list is certainly not exhaustive

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Exhort

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strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.

“I exhorted her to be a good child”

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Exigency

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an urgent need or demand for something that must be dealt with without delay
Exigency of war

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Existential

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Existential means relating to human existence and experience.

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Exonerate

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to say officially that somebody was not responsible for something bad that happened

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Expatriate

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a person who lives outside his/her own country

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Expedient

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convenient or helpful for a purpose, but possibly not completely honest or moral

The government decided that it was expedient not to increase taxes until after the election.

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Expedite

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to make something happen more quickly
What does it mean to expedite something?

to speed up the progress of

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Explicit

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clear, making something easy to understand

I gave you explicit instructions not to touch any thing.

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Extol

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praiseenthusiastically.

“heextolled the virtues ofthe Russian peoples”

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Extraneous

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irrelevant orunrelatedto the subject being dealt with.

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Extrapolate

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to form an opinion or make a judgement about a situation by using facts that you know from a different situation

She extrapolated from last year’s data to arrive at her estimate.

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Extricate

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to manage to free somebody/something from a difficult situation or position
They extricated the tractor from the mud

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Exult

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feel or showtriumphantelationorjubilation.

If you exult in a triumph or success that you have had, you feel and show great happiness and pleasure because of it