E Flashcards

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Eccentric

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Unconventional

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Ebullient

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Lively and enthusiastic

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Eclectic

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Choosing from various sources

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Economy

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Effectiveness; thrift

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Edifice

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Large building

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Edify

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Enlighten

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Efface

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To rub away; behave humbly

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Effervesce

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To produce tiny gas bubbles; to be lively/excited

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Efficacious

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Able to effect something

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Effigy

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Dummy representing someone disliked

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Effrontery

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Shameless nerve

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Effusive

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Unrestrained in expressing feelings

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Egregious

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Outrageously bad

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Élan

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Vigor and enthusiasm

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Elliptical

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Highly concise in speech or writing

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Elocution

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Art of clear speaking

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Elucidate

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Explain something

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Emanate

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Originate, arise

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Embezzle

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Misuse entrusted money or property

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Emend

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Correct text

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Eminent

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Of high standing; noticeable

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Emissary

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Representative

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Emollient

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Soothing to skin; calming

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Empirical

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Based on observation and experiment

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Enamored
Captivated; charmed
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Endemic
Occurring in a particular place
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Enervate
Weaken
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Enfranchise
Give someone right to vote
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Enmity
Hostility
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Entourage
People accompanying VIP
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Entreat
Plead desperately
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Epistolary
Associated with correspondence by letter
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Epitaph
Inscription on tombstone
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Epitome
Typical example
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Equanimity
Calm temperament
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Equivocal
Ambiguous
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Equivocation
Use of ambiguity
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Erudition
Scholarship
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Eschew
Avoid habitually on moral or practical grounds
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Esoteric
Restricted to initiated; intended for/understood by only an initiated few.
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Espouse
Adopt/support something
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Estimable
Admirable
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Etymology
Study of word origins
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Exacting
Demanding attention
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Excise
Tax
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Excoriate
To denounce/berate severely
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Exculpate
Prove someone innocent
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Execrable
Very bad
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Exonerate
Free someone from blame/guilt
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Exorbitant
Unreasonably high or large
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Expansive
Communicative
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Expedient
Appropriate; advantageous for practical rather than moral reasons
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Expiate
Atone for wrongdoing
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Explication
Explain something in a detailed or formal way
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Expostulate
To reason earnestly with someone against something they plan to do/has already done
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Expropriate
Take away something belonging to someone
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Expurgate
Edit something by removing offensive parts
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Extant
Existing
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Extemporize
Perform something without preparation
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Extenuate
Diminish the seriousness of
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Extirpate
Completely remove something undesirable
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Extol
Praise someone or something
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Extrapolate
Infer
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Extricate
Release with difficulty
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Extrinsic
Inessential; from the outside