Word List 3 (E-F) Flashcards

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Edifice

A

a building

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2
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Effigy

A

a crude likeness of a loathed person

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3
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Egregious

A

blatantly wrong

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4
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Elusive

A

hard to grasp; escaping; evasive

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5
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Emollient

A

a soothing lotion

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6
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Empirical

A

based on data, evidence, and/or experiments

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7
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Enervate

A

to drain of energy; to weaken

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8
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Enfranchise

A

to free from slavery; to bestow the right to vote

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9
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Epitaph

A

words inscribed on a tomb

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10
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Espouse

A

to support

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11
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Expurgate

A

to delete obscene or other undesirable material from a text

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12
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Extant

A

existing

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13
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Fabrication

A

a lie

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14
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Facile

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easy

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15
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Felicitous

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suitable; pleasant

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16
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Feral

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savage; wild

17
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Flotilla

A

fleet of ships

18
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Flotsam

A

wreckage, debris floating around