E Flashcards
(23 cards)
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Efficacy
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To produce a intended effect
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Ebullient
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Great enthusiasm or exhilaration
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Effrontery
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Shameless boldness; impudence
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Egress
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Exit
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Elegy
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A poem lamenting the dead
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Elitism
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Pride to belonging a select group
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Emulate
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Imitate
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Enervate
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To weaken
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Engender
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To produce
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Ennui
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Boredom
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Ephemeral
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Short lived
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Equable
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Free from many changes or variations
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Equanimity
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Evenness of mind or temper
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Equivocal
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Ambiguous
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Erudite
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Very learned
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Eschew
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To keep clear of
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Esoteric
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Hard to understand ; known only by a few
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Exculpate
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To free from blame
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Exigency
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Urgent situation
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Expatiate
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To speak or write at some length
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Expiation
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Reparation is made
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Extrapolation
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To infer an unknown from something that is known
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Extirpate
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To root out; to eradicate