E Flashcards

(41 cards)

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Eager

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Sharp, sour

Having enthusiastic or impatient desire or interest

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Economize

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To be frugal

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Egotist

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An excessively conceited or self-absorbed person

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Egress

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The action of leaving or exiting

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Elegant

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Pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner, tasteful, sophisticated, chic

Of high grade or quality

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Elegy

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A sorrowful, melancholy, or nostalgic poem or song

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Elongate

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To extend the length of

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Eloquent

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Having fluent expression

Vividly, movingly expressive, or revealing

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Embodiment

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A tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling

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Embryonic

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Of or relating to an embryo

Being in an early stage of development

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Emphasize

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To place emphasis or stress on

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Endeavor

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To strive to achieve or reach

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Enigma

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An obscure speech or writing

Something hard to understand or explain

A mysterious person

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Entrust

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To put something into someone’s care or protection

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Envy

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Malice

Painful or resentful jealousy

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a short time

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Epitome

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A summary

A typical or ideal example

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Equity

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Justice according to natural law or right

Justice according to individual needs

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Equivalent

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Equal to in force, amount, or value

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Eradicate

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To do away with (usually by pulling up by the roots)

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Erratic

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Having no fixed course, wandering, nomadic

Transported by a glacier

Having a lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity

Eccentric

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Esoteric

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Intended for and likely to only be understood by a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest

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Essential

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Of, relating to, or constituting essence, inherent

Basic, indispensable, necessary

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Esteem

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Worth, value

Opinion, judgement

The regard in which one is held

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Euphemism
The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant
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Evacuate
To remove the contents of To discharge from the body as discharge To remove from a dangerous area
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Evade
To slip away To take refuge in escape or avoidance
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Evict
To recover property by a legal process To force out
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Exacerbate
To make worse
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Exalt
To raise in rank, power, or character To glorify To elevate To enhance the activity of, to intensify
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Exasperate
To enrage or cause irritation or annoyance to To aggravate
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Excavate
To form a cavity or hole in To form by hollowing out To dig out and remove To expose to view by or as if by digging away a covering
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Excel
To be superior to
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Exemplify
To show or illustrate by example To make a copy or transcript of a document under a seal To be an instance of or serve as an example, embody
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Exhilarating
Thrilling
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Exile
The state or a period of forced absence from one's country or home
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Exquisite
Carefully selected Accurate Marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution Accomplished, perfected
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Extend
To spread or stretch forth, to stretch out To exert to full capacity To take by force To enlarge, broaden, exaggerate
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Extinct
No longer burning or active No longer existed To have gone out of use
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Extol
To glorify
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Extravagant
Strange, curious, wandering Exceeding the limits of reason, lacking in moderation, balance, and restraint Profuse, lavish