Word List 3 (E-F) Flashcards by Henry Kwan

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Edifice

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a building

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Effigy

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a crude likeness of a loathed person

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Egregious

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blatantly wrong

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Elusive

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hard to grasp; escaping; evasive

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Emollient

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a soothing lotion

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Empirical

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based on data, evidence, and/or experiments

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Enervate

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to drain of energy; to weaken

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Enfranchise

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to free from slavery; to bestow the right to vote

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Epitaph

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words inscribed on a tomb

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Espouse

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to support

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Expurgate

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to delete obscene or other undesirable material from a text

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Extant

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existing

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Fabrication

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a lie

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Facile

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easy

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Felicitous

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suitable; pleasant

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Feral

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savage; wild

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Flotilla

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fleet of ships

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Flotsam

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wreckage, debris floating around