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Question 1

engender

Answer 1

give rise to; call forth

he engenders the spirit of team work by doing his share of the project.

Question 2

enhance

Answer 2

increase; intensify; make better

the sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat

Question 3

entitlement

Answer 3

right to a privilege or benefit granted by law or custom

there is no sense of entitlement, only a grateful relief when luck coalesces happily with fate.

Question 4

ephemeral

Answer 4

short-lived; transient; fleeting

An ephemeral moment of ebullient awareness.

Question 5

equable

Answer 5

steady; not easily irritated

The equable old man takes things in stride - the good, the bad, the ugly, with a smile and an occasional reminder that everything shall pass.

Question 6

equivocal

Answer 6

uncertain, ambiguous, often to mislead

Popularity is an equivocal crown

Question 7

equivocate

Answer 7

to use ambiguous language to mislead or to withhold info.

you are equivocating when you don’t make a decision and intentionally go back and forth between two choices.

Question 8

eschew

Answer 8

deliberately avoid/stay away from something

Increasing number of doctors eschew high-volume model and spend more time with each patient.

Question 9

esoteric

Answer 9

arcane; obscure; understood by a few enlightened people

Cricket seems esoteric to Americans

Question 10

estimable

Answer 10

worthy of respect and admiration
may be estimated/computed

Small estimable acts slowly change your self perception

Question 11

estranged

Answer 11

unloved; loss of affection

He is ebullient when his estranged daughter finally agree to forget the pass and meet him.

Question 12

erratic

Answer 12

unpredictable, unusual, deviate from the norm

the erratic wind is a bane for the sailors

Question 13

bane

Answer 13

referring to anything that causes harm, ruin, death

Question 14

apocryphal

Answer 14

being of questionable authenticity

Question 15

acclamation

Answer 15

enthusiastic approval, recognition (of some achievement)

He receives acclamation for overcoming major hardship to achieve his success.

Question 16

advent

Answer 16

advent of something means that it’s finally here

She has been waiting for the advent of the new cellphone that her parents promised her weeks ago.

Question 17

circuitous

Answer 17

roundabout, indirect

You want to take the fastest and most direct route and avoid the circuitous one if you’re running late.
The explanation seems so circuitous