Deck 17

Question 1

elegy

Answer 1

a mournful poem or other piece of writing, a mournful piece of music

Question 2

elocution

Answer 2

the art of public speaking

Question 3

locution

Answer 3

a particular word or phrase

Question 4

emaciate

Answer 4

to make extremely thin through starvation or illness

Question 5

emanate

Answer 5

• originate from; be produced by

- give out or emit something

Question 6

embargo

Answer 6

a government order suspending foreign trade

Question 7

embody

Answer 7

to personify, to give physical form to

Question 8

embroil

Answer 8

to involve in conflict, to throw into disorder

Question 9

imbroglio

Answer 9

confused, difficult, or embarrassing sitatuion

Question 10

embryonic

Answer 10

undeveloped, rudimentary

Question 11

emigrate

Answer 11

to leave a country permanently, to expatriate

Question 12

emissary

Answer 12

a messenger or representative sent to represent another

Question 13

empirical

Answer 13

relying on experience or observation, not merely theoretical

Question 14

encroach

Answer 14

to make gradual or stealthy inroads into, to trespass

Question 15

endear

Answer 15

to make dear, to make beloved

Question 16

endemic

Answer 16

native, restricted to a particular region or era, indigenous

Question 17

enervate

Answer 17

to reduce the strength or energy of, esp. gradually

Question 18

enfranchise

Answer 18

to grant the privileges of citizenship, esp. the right to vote

Question 19

engender

Answer 19

to bring into existence, to create, to cause

Question 20

enormity

Answer 20

extreme evil, a hideous offense

Question 21

ennui

Answer 21

boredom, listless lack of interest

Question 22

ensue

Answer 22

to follow immediately afterward, to result

Question 23

entail

Answer 23

to have as a necessary consequence, to involve

Question 24

entity

Answer 24

something that exists, a distinct thing

Question 25

entreat

Answer 25

to ask earnestly, to beg, to plead