Derivatives 26-50 Flashcards
egregious
Horrible, outstandingly bad
enervate
To weaken, to deprive of energy
evanescent
Vanishing, disappearing, fading away
evince
To show clearly, to show evidence
effulgent
Very bright, shining, radiant
Exigent
Adj
Driving out, urgent, pressing
Expunge
V
To push out, exile, take off the record
Extant
Adj
Still existing, standing
Extol
V
To praise, speak out positively, uplift
Fallacious
Adj
Inaccurate, deceptive
Ex. “A fallacious rumor”
Desecrate
V., to defile, disgrace something sacred
Desiccated
Adj., dried out, dehydrated
Discursive
Adj., divergent, rambling, expansive
Dissemble
V., to be different, conceal motives, deceive, pretend
Ebullient
Adj., cheerful, joyful
fastidious
Meticulous, picky, tidy, having high standards
Fatuous
Foolish, silly, inane
Fecund
Fruitful, fertile, having many offspring
Fetid
Rotten
Florid
Ornate, excessive, colorful, flowery
Fractious
argumentative, irritable, quarrelsome
garrulous
talkative, chatty
grandiloquence
lofty, pompous speech
gregarious
social, outgoing