Vocab: E

Question 0

Effete

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Depleted of vitality; over refined; decadent

Question 1

Effervescence

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State of high spirits or liveliness; the process of bubbling as gas escapes

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Efficacy

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Efficiency; effectiveness

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Effrontery

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Shameless boldness; presumptuousness

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Egoism

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The tendency to see things in relations to oneself; self-centeredness

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Egotistical

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Excessively self-centered; conceited

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Elegy

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Poem or song expressing lamentation

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Elicit

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To provoke; draw out

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Elixir

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A substance believed to have the power to cure ills

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Elysian

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Blissful; delightful

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Emaciated

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Thin and wasted

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Embellish

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To adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details

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Emollient

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Soothing; mollifying

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Empirical

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Derived from observation or experiment

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Emulate

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To imitate; copy

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Encomium

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A formal expression of praise

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Endemic

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Inherent; belonging to an area

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Enervate

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To weaken

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Engender

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To cause; produce

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Enhance

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To increase; improve

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Entomology

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The scientific study of insects

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Enunciate

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To pronounce clearly

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Ephemeral

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Short- lived; fleeting

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Epistemology

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Branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge

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Equable

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Steady; unvarying; serene

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Equanimity

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Composure; calmness

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Equivocate

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To intentionally use vague language

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Errant

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Mistake ; straying from the proper course

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Erudite

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Learned; scholarly

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Esoteric

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Hard to understand; known only to a few

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Essay

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To make an attempt; subject to a test

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Estimable

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Admirable; possible to estimate

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Ethnocentric

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Based on the attitude that one's group is superior

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Etiology

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Causes or origins

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Etymology

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Origin and history of a word

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Eugenics

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Study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve these qualities

Question 36

Eulogy

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High praise; especially of a person who recently died

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Euphemism

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Use of agreeable or inoffensive language in a place of unpleasant or offensive language

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Euphoria

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A feeling of extreme happiness

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Euthanasia

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Mercy killing

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Evince

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To show plainly; be an indication of

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Evocative

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Tending to call to mind or produce a reaction

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Exacerbate

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To aggravate; make worse

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Exact

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To force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority

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Exculpate

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To clear of blame; vindicate

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Execrable

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Detestable; abhorrent

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Exhort

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To urge by strong appeals

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Exigency

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Crisis; urgent requirements

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Existential

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Having to do with existence; based on experience; having to do with the philosophy of existentialism

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Exorcise

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To expel spirits; free from bad influences

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Expatiate

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To speak or write at length

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Expatriate

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To send into exile

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Expiate

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To atone for

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Explicate

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To explain; interpret; clarify

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Expository

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Explanatory

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Extant

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In existence; not lost

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Extemporaneous

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Unrehearsed

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Extirpate

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To root up; to destroy

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Extraneous

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Not essential

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Extrapolation

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The act of estimation by projecting known information

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Extrinsic

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Not inherent or essential