E Vocab

Question 1

ebb

Answer 1

1. the time when the tide flows away

2. low point, weakness

Question 2

edifice

Answer 2

a large and impressive building structure

Question 3

eloquent

Answer 3

1. able to use language fluently, clearly and effectively

2. clearly showing feeling or meaning

Question 4

elusive

Answer 4

1. hard to find or capture

2. hard to understand or remember

Question 5

emulate

Answer 5

1. to try to be like someone

2. something you admire

Question 6

endeavor

Answer 6

to seriously or continually try

Question 7

enmity

Answer 7

a very deep unfriendly feeling, hatred

Question 8

enunciate

Answer 8

1. to make a clear statement

2. to pronounce clearly

Question 9

equivocal

Answer 9

1. having 2 or more possible meanings ( used to confuse)

2. not easily understood or explained

Question 10

exacerbate

Answer 10

to make a (bad situation, problem etc) worse

Question 11

expeditious

Answer 11

acting or done in a quick and efficient way

Question 12

exposition

Answer 12

1. the act of explaining 2. a public show or exhibition

Question 13

engender

Answer 13

to be the source or cause of something, originate

Question 14

ethereal

Answer 14

1. of or relating to the regions beyond the earth 2.heavenly 3. lacking material 4.marked by unusual delicacy

Question 15

expound

Answer 15

1. to explain or state 2. to defend with argument

Question 16

extemporaneous

Answer 16

1. made up or done without special preparation.(improvised, spontaneous, sudden) 2. temporary

Question 17

extenuate

Answer 17

to try lessen the intensity, strength, to seriousness of something

Question 18

exuberant

Answer 18

1. very lively happy or enthusiastic, filled with energy and enthusiasm 2.existing in large amount

Question 19

extol

Answer 19

to praise highly

Question 20

eradicate

Answer 20

to erase or get rid of completely

Question 21

eulogistic

Answer 21

a writing in honor of someone who is dead

Question 22

extraterrestrial

Answer 22

beyond the earth