141-160 Flashcards
Elusive
Evasive, hard to pin down
Elucidate
to explain and make clear
Eminent
Distinguished as being above others by birth
Emulate
to strive to equal or excel
Encroach
to gradually invade on others space or property
Enervate
To sap the strength and energy out of
Engender
to cause to develop
Enormity
Inmensity
Equanimity
Composure, self-possession
Equivocal
Ambiguous, and intentionally confusing
Erudite
Scholarly, learned
Espouse
To take up a cause
Etiology
Science or description of causes
Euphemism
an inoffensive expression
Exacerbate
to aggravate a condition
Exemplify
to serve as an example
Exigency
an Emergency
Expatriate
to denounce allegiance to ones homeland
Extol
To sing the praises of
Exude
to give off and ooze out