E Flashcards

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Happening or done before the usual or expected time

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Earliest

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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”.

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Echo

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3
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oblong cream puff.

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Eclair

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A medical condition in which patches of skin become rough and inflamed, with itching and bleeding blisters, sometimes resulting from

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Eczema

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5
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1.Give intellectual, moral, and social instruction to (someone, esp. a child).

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Educate

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6
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Giving off bubbles; fizzy.

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ef·fer·ves·cent

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1.Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing.

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Eloquence

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An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country

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Embargo

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1.A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.

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Emergency

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1.Give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing: “pounded the tabletop to emphasize his point”.

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Emphasize

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2.A mortgage or other charge on property or assets

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Encumbrance

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A book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.

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Encyclopedia

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1.The fact or power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way.

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Endurance

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1.With no part left out; whole.

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Entire

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Feeling or showing envy: “I’m envious of their happiness”; “an envious glance”.

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Envious

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1.The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates

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Environment

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1.An act or instance of erupting.

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Eruption

18
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A moving staircase consisting of an endlessly circulating belt of steps driven by a motor.

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Escalator

19
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1.Used to single out one person, thing, or situation over all others

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Especially

20
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1.Represent (something) as being larger, greater, better, or worse than it really is.

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Exaggerate

21
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A thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.

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Example

22
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Extremely good; outstanding.

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Excellent

23
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An act of giving one thing and receiving another (esp. of the same type or value) in return.

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Exchange

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Publicly display (a work of art or item of interest) in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.

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Exhibit

25
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Send by express delivery or messenger.

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Express

26
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Extremely beautiful and, typically, delicate.

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Exquisite

27
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Spoken or done without preparation

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Extemporaneous

28
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Having no living members.

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Extinct

29
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1.Very unusual or remarkable.

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Extraordinary