Section 7-All E's (51 total)

Question 1

Ebullience (adj)

Answer 1

The quality of live enthusiastic expression of thoughts an feelings

Question 2

Eccentric (adj)

Answer 2

departing from norms or conventions

Question 3

Ek-(Greek)

Answer 3

out of

Question 4

Kentron (Greek)

Answer 4

Center

Question 5

Eclectic (adj)

Answer 5

Composed of elements drawn from various sources; (such as style or taste)

Question 6

Edifying (adj)

Answer 6

enlightening, informative; providing moral or intellectual instruction

Question 7

Efficacy (n)

Answer 7

the ability to produce an intended result (shares root with effectiveness)

Question 8

Effrontery (n)

Answer 8

extreme boldness; presumptousness

Question 9

Presumptousness

Answer 9

an exaggerated sense of one’s importance

Question 10

Effusive (adj)

Answer 10

gushing; excessively demonstrative; expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained heartfelt manner

Question 11

Gushing

Answer 11

effusive or exaggeratedly enthusiastic

Question 12

Egress (n)

Answer 12

an exit

Question 13

Ingress

Answer 13

an entrance

Question 14

Elegy (n)

Answer 14

a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead; any mournful writing or piece of music

Question 15

eloquent (adj)

Answer 15

well spoken; expressive; articulate

Question 16

Emollient (adj)

Answer 16

soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying

Question 17

Mollify

Answer 17

appease the anger or anxiety of someone

Question 18

Empirical (adj)

Answer 18

based on observation or experiment vs. theory or pure logic

Question 19

Encomium (n)

Answer 19

a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly

Question 20

Panegyric

Answer 20

A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something

Question 21

Eulogy

Answer 21

A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something who died

Question 22

Endemic (adj)

Answer 22

Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people; restricted to or peculiar, to that region; indigenous

Question 23

Pandemic

Answer 23

(of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world

Question 24

Enervate (v)

Answer 24

to weaken; to reduce in vitality; cause someone to be drained of energy or vitality; weaken

Question 25

Engender (v)

Answer 25

to cause, produce, give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition)

Question 26

Enigmatic (adj)

Answer 26

mysterious, obscure, difficult to understand Interpret

Question 27

Enigma (n)

Answer 27

mystery or puzzle

Question 28

Ennui (n)

Answer 28

dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Question 29

Enormity (n)

Answer 29

excessive wickedness, evilness (do not confuse with enormous)

Question 30

Ephemeral (adj)

Answer 30

Brief, fleeting, short-lived

Question 31

Epicure (n)

Answer 31

one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and drink, gourmand, sybarite

Question 32

Gourmand

Answer 32

glutton (Sean with Seafood, Kattie with yummy cheesecake)

Question 33

Sybarite

Answer 33

self indulgent person in sensuous luxury

Question 34

Epicurean

Answer 34

appropriate to an epicure's tastes

Question 35

Episodic (adj)

Answer 35

loosely connected, not flowing logically, occurring at intervals

Question 36

Epithet (n)

Answer 36

disparaging word or phrase towards a person

Question 37

Epitome (n)

Answer 37

embodiment, quintessence

Question 38

Embodiment

Answer 38

Tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling

Question 39

Quintessence

Answer 39

The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class

Question 40

Equanimity (n)

Answer 40

composure, self-possession

Question 41

Equable (adj)

Answer 41

level; not able to be easily

Question 42

Equivocate (adj)

Answer 42

to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Question 43

Errant (adj)

Answer 43

traveling, itinerate, peripatetic

Question 44

Itinerant

Answer 44

traveling from place to place

Question 45

Peripatetic

Answer 45

traveling from place to place

Question 46

Inerrant

Answer 46

means infallible-incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.

Question 47

Erratic (adj)

Answer 47

without consistency

Question 48

Eccentric

Answer 48

(of a person or their behavior) Unconventional and slightly strange

Question 49

Erudite (adj)

Answer 49

very learned; scholarly

Question 50

Erudition

Answer 50

Profound learning or extensive knowledge, learned primarily through books

Question 51

Eschew (v)

Answer 51

to shun or avoid; abstain from

Question 52

Esoteric (adj)

Answer 52

intended for or understood by a small, specific group

Question 53

Essay (v)

Answer 53

to test or try; attempt, experiment; (n) attempt to test or try

Question 54

Eulogy (n)

Answer 54

A speech honoring the dead

Question 55

Evanescent (adj)

Answer 55

tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

Question 56

Evince (v)

Answer 56

to show clearly, to indicate; reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling)

Question 57

Exacerbate (v)

Answer 57

to make worse or more severe (to a problem, bad situation, negative feeling)

Question 58

Exact (v)

Answer 58

to demand, call for, require, take (esp. payment)

Question 59

Excoriate (v)

Answer 59

to censure scathingly, to upbraid; criticize severely

Question 60

Exculpate (v)

Answer 60

exonerate; to clear blame

Question 61

Exonerate

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absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing

Question 62

Exemplar (n)

Answer 62

typical or standard specimen; paradigm, model; typical example or excellent model

Question 63

Exemplary

Answer 63

worthy of imitation

Question 64

Exhort (v)

Answer 64

to incite, to make urgent appeals; strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something

Question 65

Exigent (adj)

Answer 65

urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention; demanding

Question 66

Exigencies

Answer 66

Urgent or pressing situations

Question 67

Exonerate (v)

Answer 67

to remove blame (esp. after due consideration of the case)

Question 68

Expatiate (v)

Answer 68

discuss or write about at length; to range freely write in detail

Question 69

Spatium (Latin)

Answer 69

Space

Question 70

Expiate (v)

Answer 70

to atone or make amends for (guilt or sin)

Question 71

Expurgate (v)

Answer 71

to remove obscenity, purify, censor (root=purge)

Question 72

Extant (adj)

Answer 72

existing, not destroyed or lost

Question 73

Extemporaneous (adj)

Answer 73

improvised; done without preparation

Question 74

Extirpate (v)

Answer 74

to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the roots

Question 75

Estimable (adj)

Answer 75

worthy, formidable

Question 76

formidable

Answer 76

inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable