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eloquent

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expressive, articulate, moving

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elucidate

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to clarify, explain

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elude

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to evade, escape

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emaciated

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very thin, enfeebled looking

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embellish

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to decorate, adorn

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embezzle

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to steal money by falsifying records

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emend

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to correct or revise a written text

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eminent

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distinguished, prominent, famous

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emollient

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soothing

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emote

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to express emotion

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empathy

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sensitivity to another’s feelings as if they were one’s own

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empirical

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based on observation or experience

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emulate

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to imitate

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enamor

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to fill with love, fascinate

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encore

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the audience’s demand for a repeat performance; also the artist’s performance in response to that demand

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encumber

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to weigh down, burden

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enervate

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to weaken, exhaust

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enfranchise

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to grant the vote to

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engender

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to bring about, create, generate

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enigmatic

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mystifying, cryptic

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enmity

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ill will, hatred, hostility

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ennui

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boredom, weariness

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entail

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to include as a necessary step

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enthrall

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to charm, hold spellbound

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ephemeral | A
short-lived, fleeting
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epistolary | A
relating to or contained in letters
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epitome | N
a perfect example, embodiment
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equanimity | N
composure
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equivocal | A
ambiguous, uncertain, undecided
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erudite | A
learned
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eschew | V
to shun, avoid
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esoteric | A
understood by only a select few
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espouse | V
to take up as a cause, support
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ethereal | A
heavenly, exceptionally delicate or refined
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etymology | N
the history of words, their origin and development
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euphoric | A
elated, uplifted
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evanescent | A
fleeting, momentary
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evince | V
to show, reveal
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exacerbate | V
to make more violent, intense
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exalt | V
to glorify, praise
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exasperate | V
to irritate
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excavate | V
to dig out of the ground and remove
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exculpate | V
to free from guilt or blame, exonerate
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excursion | N
a trip or outing
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execrable | A
loathsome, detestable
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exhort | V
to urge, prod, spur
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exigent | A
urgent, critical
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exonerate | V
to free from guilt or blame, exculpate
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exorbitant | A
excessive
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expedient | A
advisable, advantageous, serving one's self-interest
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expiate | V
to make amends for, atone
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expunge | V
to obliterate, eradicate
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expurgate | V
to remove offensive or incorrect parts, usually of a book
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extant | A
existing, not destroyed or lost
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extol | V
to praise, revere
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extraneous | A
irrelevant, extra, not necessary
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extricate | V
to disentangle
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exult | V
to rejoice
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fabricate | V
to make up, invent
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façade | N
the wall of a building
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facile | A
easy, requiring little effort
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fallacious | A
incorrect, misleading
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fastidious | A
meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards
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fathom | V
to understand, comprehend
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fatuous | A
silly, foolish
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fecund | A
fruitful, fertile
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felicitous | A
well suited
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feral | A
wild, savage
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fervent | A
passionate
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fetid | A
having a foul odor
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fetter | V
to chain, restrain
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fickle | A
shifting in character, inconsistent
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fidelity | N
loyalty, devotion
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figurative | A
symbolic
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flabbergasted | A
astounded
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flaccid | A
limp, not firm or strong
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flagrant | A
offensive, egregious
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florid | A
flowery, ornate
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flout | V
to disregard or disobey openly
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foil | V
to thwart, frustrate, defeat
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forage | V
to graze, rummage for food
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forbearance | N
patience, restraint, toleration
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forestall | V
to prevent, thwart, delay
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forlorn | A
lonely, abandoned, hopeless
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forsake | V
to give up, renounce
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fortitude | N
strength, bravery
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fortuitous | A
happening by chance, often lucky or fortunate
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forum | N
a medium for lecture or discussion
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foster | V
to stimulate, promote, encourage
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fractious | A
troublesome or irritable
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fraught | A
filled or accompanied with
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frenetic | A
frenzied, hectic, frantic
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frivolous | A
of little importance, trifling
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frugal | A
thrifty, economical
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furtive | A
secretive, sly
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garish | A
gaudy, in bad taste
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garrulous | A
talkative, wordy
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genial | A
friendly, affable
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gluttony | N
overindulgence in food or drink
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goad | V
to urge, spur, incite to action

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