E Flashcards
Happening or done before the usual or expected time
Earliest
A sound or series of sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener: “the walls threw back echoes”.
Echo
oblong cream puff.
Eclair
A medical condition in which patches of skin become rough and inflamed, with itching and bleeding blisters, sometimes resulting from
Eczema
1.Give intellectual, moral, and social instruction to (someone, esp. a child).
Educate
Giving off bubbles; fizzy.
ef·fer·ves·cent
1.Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing.
Eloquence
An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
Embargo
1.A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
Emergency
1.Give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing: “pounded the tabletop to emphasize his point”.
Emphasize
2.A mortgage or other charge on property or assets
Encumbrance
A book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
Encyclopedia
1.The fact or power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way.
Endurance
1.With no part left out; whole.
Entire
Feeling or showing envy: “I’m envious of their happiness”; “an envious glance”.
Envious
1.The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
Environment
1.An act or instance of erupting.
Eruption
A moving staircase consisting of an endlessly circulating belt of steps driven by a motor.
Escalator
1.Used to single out one person, thing, or situation over all others
Especially
1.Represent (something) as being larger, greater, better, or worse than it really is.
Exaggerate
A thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.
Example
Extremely good; outstanding.
Excellent
An act of giving one thing and receiving another (esp. of the same type or value) in return.
Exchange
Publicly display (a work of art or item of interest) in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.
Exhibit
Send by express delivery or messenger.
Express
Extremely beautiful and, typically, delicate.
Exquisite
Spoken or done without preparation
Extemporaneous
Having no living members.
Extinct
1.Very unusual or remarkable.
Extraordinary
