E Flashcards

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Ebullient

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exhilarated; full of enthusiasm & high spirits

-ardent, avid, bubbly, zestful

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Eclectic

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selecting from or made up from a variety of sources

-broad, catholic

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Edify

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to instruct morally and spiritually

-educate, enlighten, guide, teach

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Efficacy

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effectiveness

-dynamism, efficiency, force, power, proficiency, strength

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Effigy

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a stuffed doll; a likeness of a person

-dummy, figure, image

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Effrontery

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impudent boldness; audacity

-brashness, gall, nerve, presumption

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Elegy

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a sorrowful poem or speech

-dirge, lament

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Eloquent

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persuasive and moving, especially in speech

-articulate, expressive, fluent, meaningful

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Embellish

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to add ornamental or fictitious details

-adorn, bedeck, elaborate, enhance, exaggerate

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Emulate

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to copy; to try to equal or excel

-ape, imitate, stimulate

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Encomium

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warm praise

-citation, eulogy, panegyric, salutation, tribute

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Endemic

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belonging to a particular area; inherent

-indigenous, local, native

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Enervate

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to reduce in strength

-debilitate, enfeeble, sap, weaken

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Engender

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to produce, cause, or bring about

-beget, generate, spawn

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Enigma

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a puzzle; a mystery

-conundrum, perplexity

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Enumerate

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to count, list, or itemize

-catalog, index, tabulate

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Ephemeral

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lasting a short time

-evanescent, fleeting, momentary, transient

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Epicure

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a person with refined taste in food and wine

-bon vivant, connoisseur, gastronome, gourmet

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Equivocate

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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

-ambiguous, evasive, waffling

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Erratic

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wandering and unpredictable

-capricious, inconstant, irresolute, whimsical

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Ersatz

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fake

-artificial, dummy, false, imitation, mock, sham, spurious, substitute

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Erudite

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learned; scholarly; bookish

-wise, scholastic

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Eschew

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to shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful)

-elude, escape, evade, shy

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Esoteric

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known or understood only by a few

-abstruse, arcane, obscure

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Estimable
admirable | -commendable, creditable, honorable, worthy, venerable, meritorious
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Ethos
the beliefs or character of a group | -culture, ethic, philosophy
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Eulogy
a speech in praise of someone | -commend, extol, laud
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Euphemism
use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one -circumlocution, delicacy
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Euphony
pleasant, harmonious sound | -harmony, melody, music, sweetness
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Exacerbate
to make worse | -aggravate, annoy, intensify, irritate, provoke
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Exculpate
to clear from blame; to prove innocent | -absolve, acquit, clear, exonerate, vindicate
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Exigent
urgent; requiring immediate action | -critical, imperative, needed
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Exonerate
to clear of blame | -absolve, acquit, exculpate, vindicate
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Explicit
clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression | -candid, clear-cut, frank, straightforward, definitive
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Exponent
one who champions or advocates | -representative, supporter
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Expurgate
to censor | -cute, sanitize, bowdlerize