Deck 18 Flashcards
envision
to imagine, to foresee
epicure
- a person with refined taste in wine and food
- adjective form is EPICUREAN
epitome
brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole, the perfect example of something, a paradigm (model)
epoch
an era, a distinctive period of time
equanimity
composure, calm
equitable
fair
equivocal
ambiguous, intentionally confusing
erudite
scholarly, deeply learned
esoteric
hard to understand, understood only by a few, peculiar
espouse
to support, to advocate
estimable
worthy of admiration, capable of being estimated
estrange
to make unfriendly or hostile, to cause to feel removed from
eulogy
a spoken or written tribute to a person, esp. a person who has just died
evanscent
fleeting, vanishing, happening for only the briefest period
exacerbate
to make worse
exalt
to raise high, to glorify
exacting
extremely demanding, difficult, requiring great skill or care
evince
to demonstrate convincingly, to prove
excise
to remove by cutting or as if by cutting
exempt
excused, not subject to
exhaustive
thorough, rigorous, complete, painstaking
exhort
- to urge strongly, to give serious warning to
- adj form is HORTATORY
exhume
to unbury, to dig out of the ground
exigency
an emergency, an urgency
existential
having to do with existence, having to do with the thought that humans are responsible for their own actions
