Vocab 141-160

Question 0

Elusive

Answer 0

evasive, baffling, hard to pin down

Question 1

Elucidate

Answer 1

to explain; to make clear and understandable

Question 2

Eminent

Answer 2

distinguished as being above others by birth, station, talent, or virtue; standing out, notable

Question 3

Emulate

Answer 3

to strive to equal or excel; to rival

Question 4

Encroached

Answer 4

to gradually invade another’s property, business, etc.; trespass

Question 5

Enervate

Answer 5

to sap the strength and energy of; to unnerve

Question 6

Engender

Answer 6

to cause to develop; to bring forth; to produce

Question 7

Enormity

Answer 7

immensity (also: extreme wickedness; outrageous act or offense)

Question 8

Equanimity

Answer 8

composure, self-possession, calm

Question 9

Equivocal

Answer 9

ambiguous; intentionally confusing; wavering in meaning

Question 10

Erudite

Answer 10

scholarly, learned, polished

Question 11

Espouse

Answer 11

to take up a cause; to embrace, promote

Question 12

Etiology

Answer 12

science or description of causes, especially of disease

Question 13

Euphemism

Answer 13

an inoffensive expression substituted for one that might offend or upset

Question 14

Exacerbate

Answer 14

to aggravate a condition, make worse

Question 15

Exemplify

Answer 15

to serve as an example

Question 16

Exigency

Answer 16

an emergency; an urgent requirement

Question 17

Expatriate

Answer 17

to renounce allegiance to one’s homeland

Question 18

Extol

Answer 18

to sing the praises of; to laud

Question 19

Exude

Answer 19

to give off; to ooze out