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Ebullient

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Boiling; bubbling with excitement; exuberant

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Eccentric

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Not conventional; a little kooky; irregular

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Eclectic

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Choosing the best from many sources; drawn from many sources

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Edify

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To enlighten; to instruct, especially in moral or religious matters

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Efface

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To erase; to rub away the features of

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Effusion

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A pouring forth

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Egalitarian

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Believing in the social and economic equality of all people

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Egocentric

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Selfish; believing that one is the center of everything

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Egregious

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Extremely bad; flagrant

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Elicit

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To bring out; to call forth

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Elliptical

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Oval; missing a word or words; obscure

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Elusive

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hard to pin down; evasive

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Emigrate

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To leave a country permanently; to expatriate

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Eminent

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Well-known and respected; standing out from all others in quality or accomplishment; outstanding

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Empirical

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Relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical

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Emulate

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To strive to equal or excel, usually through imitation

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Encroach

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To make gradual or stealthy inroads into; to trespass

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Endemic

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Native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous

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Enervate

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To reduce the strength or energy of, especially to do so gradually

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Enfranchise

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To grant the privileges of citizenship, especially the right to vote

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Engender

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To bring into existence; to create; to cause

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Enigma

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A mystery

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Enormity

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Extreme evil; a hideous offense; immensity

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time

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Epigram

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A brief and usually witty or satirical saying

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Epitome

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A brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole; the perfect example of something; a paradigm

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Equanimity

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Composure; calm

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Equitable

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Fair

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Equivocal

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Ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way

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Erudite

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Scholarly; deeply learned

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Esoteric

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Hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar

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Espouse

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To support; to advocate

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Ethereal

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Heavenly; as light and insubstantial as gas or ether

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Euphemism

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A pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one

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Evanescent

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Fleeting; vanishing; happening for only the briefest period

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Exacerbate

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To make worse

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Exacting

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Extremely demanding; difficult; requiring great skill or care

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Exalt

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To raise high; to glorify

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Exasperate

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To annoy thoroughly; to make very angry; to try the patience of

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Exemplify

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To illustrate by example; to serve as a good example

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Exhaustive

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Thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking

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Exhort

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To urge strongly; to give a serious warning to

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Exigency

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An emergency; an urgency

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Existential

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Having to do with existence; having to do with the body of though called existentialism, which basically holds that human beings are responsible for their own actions but is otherwise too complicated to summarize in a single sentence

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Exonerate

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To free completely from blame; to exculpate

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Expatriate

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To throw (someone) out of his or her native land; to move away from one’s native land; to emigrate

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Expedient

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Providing an immediate advantage; serving one’s immediate self-interest; practical

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Expedite

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To speed up or ease the progress of

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Explicit

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Clearly and directly expressed

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Extol

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To praise highly; to laud

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Extraneous

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Unnecessary; irrelevant; extra

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Extrapolate

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To project or deduce from something known; to infer

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Extricate

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To free from difficulty

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Extrovert

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An open, outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself or herself

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Exult

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To rejoice; to celebrate

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Ensconce

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Firmly placed or hidden

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Ethos

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The guiding beliefs of a person, group, or organization

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