21-40

Question 1

Elucidate

Answer 1

to explain; to make clear and understandable

Question 2

Elusive

Answer 2

evasive, baffling, hard to pin down

Question 3

Eminent

Answer 3

distinguished as being above others by birth, station, talent, or virtue; standing out, notable

Question 4

Emulate

Answer 4

to strive to equal or excel (such as a rival)

Question 5

Encroach

Answer 5

to gradually invade another’s property, business, etc.; trespass

Question 6

Enervate

Answer 6

to sap the strength and energy of; to unnerve

Question 7

Engender

Answer 7

to cause to develop; to bring forth; to produce

Question 8

Enormity

Answer 8

immensity (also: extreme wickedness; outrageous act or offense)

Question 9

Equanimity

Answer 9

composure, self-possession, calm

Question 10

Equivocal

Answer 10

ambiguous; intentionally confusing; wavering in meaning

Question 11

Erudite

Answer 11

scholarly, learned, polished

Question 12

Espouse

Answer 12

to take up a cause; to embrace, promote

Question 13

Etiology

Answer 13

science or description of causes, especially of disease

Question 14

Euphemism

Answer 14

an inoffensive expression substituted for one that might offend or upset

Question 15

Exacerbate

Answer 15

to aggravate a condition, make worse

Question 16

Exemplify

Answer 16

to serve as an example

Question 17

Exigency

Answer 17

an emergency; an urgent requirement

Question 18

Expatriate

Answer 18

to renounce allegiance to ones homeland

Question 19

Extol

Answer 19

to sing the praises of; to laud

Question 20

Exude

Answer 20

to give off; to ooze out