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Edification

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Instruction
Education
Pedagogy

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Elocution

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Art of public speaking

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Egg

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To encourage or incite to action

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Embroil

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To involve in an argument or hostile action
Entangle
Ensnare

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Enhance

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To improve

To intensify

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Exodus

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Mass departure
Withdrawal
Evacuation

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Eloquent

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Extremely expressive in speech

Articulate

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Eminent

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Standing out
Renowned
Distinguished
Prominent

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Ebullience

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Enthusiastic 
Bubbling with excitement 
Exuberance 
Buoyancy 
Cheerfulness 
Merriment
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Emphatic

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Forcible expressive

Vehement

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Ethereal

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Light, airy, delicate
Heavenly

Exquisite
Graceful
Elegant
Dainty

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Escapade

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Adventurous unconventional act

Stunt

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Eschew

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To avoid or shun
Abstain
Renounce

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Elite

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Best or skilled members of a group

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Enmity

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Animosity
Hostility
Rivalry

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Evince

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To show or demonstrate clearly

Delineate

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Extrude

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To force out

Squeeze out

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Exemplar

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Example or model or original
Epitome
Paragon

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Expatriate

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To exile
To banish
Leave one’s country either by force or will
To live outside of native country

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Elucidate

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To make clear
Explain fully
Delineate
Evince

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Edifice

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A large imposing building

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Efface

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To rub away
To erase
Make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous

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Egalitarian

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Believes in equal rights and opportunities for all

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Elapse

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To pass by or go by (said of time)

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Elfin

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Mischievous
Playful
Small and delicate
Elvish

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Embellish

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To decorate

To beautify by adding ornaments

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Embody

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To personify

Incorporate

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Encompass

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Surround and have or hold with
Enclose
Encircle
Ring

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Emit

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To send or give out

To express, utter

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Emulate

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Mimic
Mirror
Echo
To attempt to equal especially through imitation

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Endure

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To suffer patiently
Go through

Remain in existence
Live on

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Engulf

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Sweep over so as to surround or cover it completely
Powerful affect
Overwhelm
Flood

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Enrage

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Anger 
Infuriate
To put in rage
Incense
Madden
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Enrapture

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Give intense pleasure or joy
Delight
Enthral
Charm

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Ensemble

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Coordinated outfit or costume
A group of musicians, actors or dancers who perform together
A group of items viewed together as a whole rather than individually

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Entice

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To lure, To attract, To tempt in a pleasing fashion

Allure

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Entomb

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To place in a tomb

To bury or trap within something

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Entomology

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Study of insects

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Entreat

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To ask someone to o something earnestly, anxiously 
Request
Pray
Implore
Beseech
Beg
Plead
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Erudite

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Deeply learned
Scholarly
Well educated
Knowledgable

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Euphonious

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Pleasing to ear
Mellifluous
Dulcet

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Evade

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To elude or avoid by cunning
To flee from a pursuer
Escape
Dodge

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Evoke

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Bring or recall to a conscious mind
Awaken
Produce
Suggest
Invoke
Kindle
Induce
Elicit
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Exhume

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To bring to light
Uncover
Disinter
Disentomb
Ungrateful
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Expunge

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To delete, remove or erase
Obliterate
Efface

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Espouse

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To adopt or support

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Estrange

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Alienate

Cause to be no longer on friendly terms with someone

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Exacting

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Demanding or requiring accuracy

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Entrenched

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Established so firmly that hangs is very difficult or unlikely
Incorrigible
Inveterate
Ingrained

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Efficacious

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Producing intended results
Effective
Successful 
Productive
Fruitful
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Elicit

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Extract
Evoke
Draw out
Call forth

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Esoteric

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Intended or likely to be understood by only a small group of people
Cryptic
Abstruse
Obscure
Mysterious
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Edifying

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Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage moral or intellectual improvement

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Erratic

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Unpredictable
Strange and unconventional
Not even or regular in pattern or movement

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Err

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To make an error

Mistake

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Exhort

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Strongly urge

Encourage

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Extenuating

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Serving to lessen the seriousness of an offence

Making less guilty or more forgivable

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Errant

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Travelling in search of adventure
Itinerant
To be wandering
Not sticking to a circumscribed path

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Endemic

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Limited to a certain area (disease/outbreak)

Native

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Elusive

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Difficult to find, catch or achieve

Difficult to remember

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Evasive

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Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation
Equivocal

Avoidance or escape

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Euphoria

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A feeling of great elation

State of intense excitement and happiness

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Egotist

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A conceited (excessive pride in ones self) and self cantered person
Narcissist

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