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Question 1

ebullient

Answer 1

overflowing with high spirits, showing excitement (exuberant, effervescent, buoyant, lively, high-spirited)

Question 2

eclectic

Answer 2

composed of elements drawn from a variety of sources

Question 3

edify

Answer 3

instruct in moral matters, benefit spiritually (enlighten, inform, uplift)

Question 4

efficacy

Answer 4

power to bring about a desired effect (usefulness, effectiveness)

Question 5

effrontery

Answer 5

shameless boldness (sheer nerve, impertinence, insolence, impudence)

Question 6

elicit

Answer 6

draw out - a response or reaction (extract, evoke, obtain)

Question 7

embellish

Answer 7

make more beautiful, make a story more interesting by adding - generally fictitious - details (adorn, ornament, decorate, beautify)

Question 8

empirical

Answer 8

based on experience, verifiable by experiment or observation (observable, firsthand, pragmatic, experiential)

Question 9

emulate

Answer 9

attempt to equal or outdo (imitate, copy, rival)

Question 10

encomium

Answer 10

high praise, formal tribute (eulogy, panegyric)

Question 11

endemic

Answer 11

prevalent in a particular region or among a particular group (native, indigenous, widespread)

Question 12

enervate

Answer 12

lessen the strength of (weaken, debilitate, drain, tire, fatigue)

Question 13

engender

Answer 13

cause to exist (produce, stir up, prompt, create, breed)

Question 14

enumerate

Answer 14

mention one by one (spell out, itemize, detail, name, count)

Question 15

ephemeral

Answer 15

lasting only a short time (short-lived, fleeting, transient)

Question 16

epitome

Answer 16

perfect example or embodiment (personification, embodiment, quintessence, model)

Question 17

equanimity

Answer 17

calmness of temperament (composure, equilibrium, self-possession)

Question 18

equivocal

Answer 18

intentionally misleading, open to more than one interpretation (ambiguous, unclear, evasive, shifty)

Question 19

erudition

Answer 19

deep scholarly knowledge (scholarship, learning, knowledge)

Question 20

esoteric

Answer 20

known only to the chosen few - and therefore mysterious (obscure, secret, abstruse, cryptic, arcane)

Question 21

eulogize

Answer 21

praise highly, give or write a laudatory speech (extol, panegyrize, laud)

Question 22

euphemism

Answer 22

mild expression in place of an unpleasant one (circumlocution, misrepresentation)

Question 23

exacerbate

Answer 23

increase or intensify the severity of (worsen, embitter, aggravate)

Question 24

exact

Answer 24

call for or demand, often forcibly (require, take)

Question 25

exculpate

Answer 25

clear from blame (exonerate, vindicate, acquit)

Question 26

exegesis

Answer 26

critical interpretation, especially of biblical passages (explanation, exposition)

Question 27

exemplar

Answer 27

ideal model (example, pattern, archetype)

Question 28

exigency

Answer 28

pressing needs or demands, state of requiring immediate attention (urgency, pressure)

Question 29

exonerate

Answer 29

clear from blame (exculpate, acquit, vindicate)

Question 30

extrapolation

Answer 30

inference based on known facts (conjecture, estimate, projection)