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E words Flashcards

1
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Ebullient***

A

(adj) exhilarated; enthusiastic

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2
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Eclectic***

A

(adj) selecting from various sources

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Effete***

A

(adj) depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent

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4
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Efficacy***

A

(n) efficiency; effectiveness

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5
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Effrontery***

A

(n) shameless boldness; presumptuousness

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6
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Elegy***

A

(n) poem or song expressing lamentation

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7
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Elicit***

A

(v) to provoke; draw out

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Embellish***

A

(v) to adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details

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Emollient

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(adj) soothing; mollifying – “mol” like soft in PT

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10
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Empirical***

A

(adj) derived from observation or experiment

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11
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Emulate***

A

(v) to imitate; copy

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12
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Encomium

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(n) a formal expression of praise

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13
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Endemic***

A

(adj) inherent; belonging to an area

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14
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Enervate***

A

(v) to weaken

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15
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Ephemeral***

A

(adj) short-lived; fleeting

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Equable

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(adj) steady; unvarying; serene

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17
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Equanimity***

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(n) composure; calmness

18
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Equivocate***

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(v) to intentionally use vague langugage

19
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Erudite***

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(adj) learned; scholarly

20
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Esoteric***

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(adj) hard to understand; known only to a few

21
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Estimable

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(adj) admirable; possible to estimate

22
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Etiology

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(n) causes or origins

23
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Etymology

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(n) origin and history of a word

24
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Euphemism***

A

(n) use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of unpleasant or offensive language

25
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Evince

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(v) to show plainly; to be an indication of

26
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Evocative

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(adj) tending to call to mind or produce a reaction

27
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Exacerbate***

A

(v) to aggravate; make worse

28
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Exact

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(v) to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority

29
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Exculpate***

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(v) to clear of blame; vindicate

30
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Execrable***

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(adj) detestable; abhorrent – “ex-eh-cra-ble”

31
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Exigency***

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(n) crisis; urgent requirements

32
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Existential***

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(adj) having to do with existence; based on experience; having to do with the philosophy of existentialism

33
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Expatiate

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(v) to speak or write at length

34
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Expatriate

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(v) to send into exile – “ek-SPAY-tree-ayt” ;; person living outside their own land – “ek-SPAY-tree-it”

35
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Expiate

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(v) to atone for

36
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Expository

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(adj) explanatory

37
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Extant***

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(adj) in existence; not lost

38
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Extirpate

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(v) to root up; to destroy

39
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Extraneous***

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(adj) not essential

40
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Extrapolation***

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(n) the act of estimation by projecting known information

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