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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
Mischievous Playful Small and delicate Elvish
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Embellish
To decorate | To beautify by adding ornaments
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Embody
To personify | Incorporate
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Encompass
Surround and have or hold with Enclose Encircle Ring
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Emit
To send or give out | To express, utter
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Emulate
Mimic Mirror Echo To attempt to equal especially through imitation
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Endure
To suffer patiently Go through Remain in existence Live on
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Engulf
Sweep over so as to surround or cover it completely Powerful affect Overwhelm Flood
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Enrage
``` Anger Infuriate To put in rage Incense Madden ```
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Enrapture
Give intense pleasure or joy Delight Enthral Charm
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Ensemble
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
To lure, To attract, To tempt in a pleasing fashion | Allure
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Entomb
To place in a tomb | To bury or trap within something
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Entomology
Study of insects
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Entreat
``` To ask someone to o something earnestly, anxiously Request Pray Implore Beseech Beg Plead ```
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Erudite
Deeply learned Scholarly Well educated Knowledgable
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Euphonious
Pleasing to ear Mellifluous Dulcet
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Evade
To elude or avoid by cunning To flee from a pursuer Escape Dodge
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Evoke
``` Bring or recall to a conscious mind Awaken Produce Suggest Invoke Kindle Induce Elicit ```
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Exhume
``` To bring to light Uncover Disinter Disentomb Ungrateful ```
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Expunge
To delete, remove or erase Obliterate Efface
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Espouse
To adopt or support
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Estrange
Alienate | Cause to be no longer on friendly terms with someone
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Exacting
Demanding or requiring accuracy
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Entrenched
Established so firmly that hangs is very difficult or unlikely Incorrigible Inveterate Ingrained
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Efficacious
``` Producing intended results Effective Successful Productive Fruitful ```
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Elicit
Extract Evoke Draw out Call forth
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Esoteric
``` Intended or likely to be understood by only a small group of people Cryptic Abstruse Obscure Mysterious ```
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Edifying
Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage moral or intellectual improvement
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Erratic
Unpredictable Strange and unconventional Not even or regular in pattern or movement
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Err
To make an error | Mistake
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Exhort
Strongly urge | Encourage
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Extenuating
Serving to lessen the seriousness of an offence | Making less guilty or more forgivable
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Errant
Travelling in search of adventure Itinerant To be wandering Not sticking to a circumscribed path
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Endemic
Limited to a certain area (disease/outbreak) | Native
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Elusive
Difficult to find, catch or achieve Difficult to remember
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Evasive
Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation Equivocal Avoidance or escape
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Euphoria
A feeling of great elation | State of intense excitement and happiness
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Egotist
``` A conceited (excessive pride in ones self) and self cantered person Narcissist ```