E's Flashcards

(37 cards)

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Eccentric

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Departing from convention or one who deviates from the norm

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Eclectic

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Combining elements from many different sources or styles

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Effrontery

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Rude and presumptuous begavior

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Egregious

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Noticeably bad or offensive

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Eloquent

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Very clear and precise; quality of being skilled in clear and precise speech

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Elucidate

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To clarify

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Emancipation

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The act of freeing or liberating

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Emollient

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Softening or soothing or a softening agent

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Empirical

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Based on or provable by observation and experiment

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Emulate

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To follow an admirable example; imitate

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Endorse

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To support or sign

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Engender

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To give rise to; originate

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Enigmatic

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Unexplainable, puzzling

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Entity

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A discrete unit or being

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Enumerate

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To state things in a list

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Ephemeral

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Temporary, fleeting

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Equivocal

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Uncertain or ambiguous

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Erudite

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Learned; having great knowledge

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Esoteric

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Understood by few people; mysterious

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Espouse

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To choose to follow or support something

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Estimable

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Admirable; deserving of esteem

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Ethical

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In line with the principles of right and wrong

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Euphemism

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An inoffensive expression substituted for one that is deemed offensive

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Exacerbate

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To intensify bitterness or violence

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Exceptional
Having uncommonly great qualities
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Excoriate
To denounce; to chafe
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Exculpate
To remove blame; acquit
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Exhort
To urge or try to persuade
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Exigent
Demanding immediate attention; urgent
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Explicate
To explain or make comprehensible
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Expunge
To get rid of or erase
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Extant
Currently existing
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Extenuating
Partially justifiable
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Extol
To praise or glorify
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Extrovert
A person characterized by concern with things outside of himself or herself; an outgoing or gregarious person
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Extricate
To free or disentangle
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Exultant
Gleeful because of success