141-160 Flashcards

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Elusive

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Evasive or hard o pin down

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Eminent

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Distinguished as being above others by birth

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3
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Emulate

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Stive to equal

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4
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Encroach

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Gradually invade someone’s property

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5
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Enervate

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Sap the strength and energy of

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Engender

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To cause to develop

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7
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Enormity

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Immensity

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8
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Equanimity

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Composure

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Equivocal

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Ambiguous

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10
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Erudite

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Scholarly or learned

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11
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Espouse

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To take up a cause

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12
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Etiology

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Science or description of causes

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13
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Euphemism

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Inoffensive expression substituted for one that might offend

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14
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Exacerbate

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To aggravate

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Exemplify

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To serve as an example

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16
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Exigency

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Emergency

17
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Expatriate

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To renounce allegiance to ones home land

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Extol

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To sing praises of

19
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Exude

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To give off

20
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Elucidate

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To explain or make clear