Difficult Words- E

Question 1

Ebullient

Answer 1

Boiling ,bubbling with excitement ,exuberant .

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

Question 2

Eccentric

Answer 2

strange or unusual

Question 3

Eclectic

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Edify

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Efface

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Effusion

Answer 6

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”

Question 7

Egalitarian

Answer 7

following the principle that everyone should have equal right

Question 8

Egregious

Answer 8

Outstandingly bad ,extremely bad

Question 9

Elicit

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Elliptical

Answer 10

Oval and obscure
An elliptical statement

Question 11

Elusive

Answer 11

not easy to catch, find or remember

Question 12

Emigrate

Answer 12

To move to a new place

Question 13

Eminent

Answer 13

famous and important

Question 14

Empirical

Answer 14

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 .

Question 15

Emulate

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Encroach

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Endemic

Answer 17

Native ,restricted to particular region

Question 18

Enervate

Answer 18

To reduce the strength and energy of

Question 19

En franchise

Answer 19

give somebody the right to vote in an election

Question 20

Disfranchise

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Engender

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Enigma

Answer 22

Mystery

Question 23

Enormity

Answer 23

Extreme evil ,hideous offence
A great size of something

Question 24

Ephemeral

Answer 24

Lasting for a very short time

Question 25

Epigram

Answer 25

A brief ,witty and satirical saying

Question 26

Epitome

Answer 26

Perfect example
Summary

Question 27

Equanimity

Answer 27

Composure ,calm

Question 28

Equitable

Answer 28

Fair

Question 29

Equivocal

Answer 29

Ambiguous,intentionally confusing

Question 30

Erudite

Answer 30

Scholarly ,deeply learned

Question 31

Esoteric

Answer 31

Hard to understand ,understood by only few

Question 32

Espouse

Answer 32

To support and adopt

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

Question 33

Ethereal

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Euphemism

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Evanescent

Answer 35

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

“the evanescent Arctic summer”

Question 36

Exacerbate

Answer 36

to make something worse, especially a disease or problem

Question 37

Exacting

Answer 37

needing a lot of care and attention; difficult

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

Question 38

Exalt

Answer 38

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

To praise somebody

Question 39

Exasperated

Answer 39

to make somebody angry; to annoy somebody very much

he was exasperated by the lack of progress.

Question 40

Exemplify

Answer 40

to be a typical example of something

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

Question 41

Exhaustive

Answer 41

including everything possible
This list is certainly not exhaustive

Question 42

Exhort

Answer 42

strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.

“I exhorted her to be a good child”

Question 43

Exigency

Answer 43

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

Question 44

Existential

Answer 44

Existential means relating to human existence and experience.

Question 45

Exonerate

Answer 45

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

Question 46

Expatriate

Answer 46

a person who lives outside his/her own country

Question 47

Expedient

Answer 47

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.

Question 48

Expedite

Answer 48

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

to speed up the progress of

Question 49

Explicit

Answer 49

clear, making something easy to understand

I gave you explicit instructions not to touch any thing.

Question 50

Extol

Answer 50

praiseenthusiastically.

“heextolled the virtues ofthe Russian peoples”

Question 51

Extraneous

Answer 51

irrelevant orunrelatedto the subject being dealt with.

Question 52

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.

Question 53

Extricate

Answer 53

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

Question 54

Exult

Answer 54

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