Vocab E Flashcards

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Edifying

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Adj enlightening, informative

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Ebullience

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Adj the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

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Efficacy

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N the ability to produce N intended result

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Effrontery

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N extreme boldness; presumptuous ness

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Effusive

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Adj gushing; excessively demonstrative

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Egress

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N exit

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Elegy

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

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Eloquent

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Adj well-spoken; expressive; articulate

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Emollient

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Adjacent soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying

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Encomium

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N glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy

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Endemic

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Adj characteristic of or often found in particular locality, region, or people; restricted to it peculiar to that region

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Enervate

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V to weaken; reduce in vitality

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Engender

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V to cause, produce, give rise to

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Enigmatic

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Adj mysterious, obscure, difficult to understand

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Ennui

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(Ahn WEE)

N dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Enormity

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N excessive wickedness, evilness

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Ephemeral

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Adj brief; fleeting, short lived

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Epicure

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N one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in good and drink; gourmand, sybarite

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Episodic

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Adj loosely connected, not following logically, occurring at intervals

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Epithet

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N disparaging word or phrase

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Epitome

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N embodiment; uintessence

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Equanimity

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M composure, self-possession

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Equable

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Adj level; not able to be easily disturbed

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Equivocate

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V to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Errant
Adj traveling, itinerant, peripatetic
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Erudite
Adj very learned; scholarly
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Eschew
V to shun or avoid
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Esoteric
Adj intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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Essay
V to test or try; attempt, experiment | N the attempt itself
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Estimable
Adj worthy, formidable
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Evanescent
Ask tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing
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Evince
V to show clearly, to indicate
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Exacerbate
V to make worse or more severe
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Exact
V to demand, call for, require, take
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Excoriate
V to censure scathingly, to upbraid
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Exculpate
V exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exemplar
N typical or standard specimen; paradigm, model
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Exhort
V to incite, to make urgent appeals
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Exigent
Adj urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Exonerate
V to remove blame
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Expatiate
V discuss or write about at length; to range freely
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Expiate
V to atone or make amends for
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Expurgate
V to remove obscenity, purify, censor | Purge- cleanse
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Extant
Adj existing, not destroyed or lost
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Extemporaneous
Adj improvised; done without preparation
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Extirpate
V to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the rootS