E Flashcards
(41 cards)
ebullient
overly enthusiastic
My father is a naturally ebullient personality.
eclectic
including a mixture of many different things or people, especially so that you can use the best of all of them SYN diverse
galleries with an eclectic range of styles and artists
an eclectic mixture of 18th- and 19th-century furniture
effete
1 weak and powerless in a way that you dislike SYN decadent
effete intellectuals
2 an effete man looks or behaves like a woman SYN effeminate
decadent
having low moral standards and being more concerned with pleasure than serious matters. LIKE self-indulgent
efficacy
effectiveness, efficiency
egoism
self-centeredness
elegy
مرثیه
dirge: نوحه
elicit
to provoke, بیرون کشیدن
elicit something from somebody
The test uses pictures to elicit words from the child.
elixir
اکسیر
the search for the elixir of life
a magical liquid that is supposed to cure people of illness or solve a problem.
It’syetanotherhealthproductclaimingto be the elixiroflife/youth(= something to make youlivelonger/stayyoung).
elysian
بهشتی
Elysium: بهشت
emaciated
extremely thin from lack of food or illness. like cadaverous
The prisoners were ill and emaciated.
emollient
adj نرم کننده
1 making something, especially your skin, softer and smoother
Almond oil is renowned for its soothing, emollient properties.
2 making someone feel calmer when they have been angry
an emollient reply
encomium
apieceof writing,speech, etc. thatpraisessomeone or something.
Tribute.acolade
engender
to cause, produce
the changes in society engendered by the war
relationships that engender trust in children
entomology
حشره شناسی
enunciate
to pronounce clearly.
like articulate
He went on to enunciate the principles for review of the supplementary benefits system.
Be sure to enunciate when you speak into the microphone.
equable
متعادل
1 someone who is equable remains calm and happy and does not often get annoyed
a young man with a naturally equable temperament
2 equable weather is neither too hot nor too cold SYN temperate
a place with a pleasant, equable climate
equanimity
calmness, sangfroid
He received the news with surprising equanimity.
esoteric
Like arcane
known and understood by only a few people who have specialknowledgeabout something
the esoteric world of scientific supercomputing
essay
as verb
to attempt to do something
He swayed to the music and essayed a little dance step.
ethnocentric
based on the idea that your own race, nation, group etc is better than any other – used to show disapproval
• Media theories, as developed in the past, are uniquely national and ethnocentric.
chauvinism, jingoism, ethnocentrism
etiology
the study of the causes of a disease
eulogy
a speech or piece of writing in which you praise someone or something very much, especially at a funeral
The minister delivered a long eulogy.
accolade, tribute, encomium
euphemism
a polite word or expression that you use instead of a more direct one to avoid shocking or upsetting someone
‘Pass away’ is a euphemism for ‘die’.
euthanasia
the deliberate killing of a person who is very ill and going to die, in order to stop them suffering SYN mercy killing