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Eclectic

Ee CLEC tic

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Having very varying tastes.

Having French, modern, and stone furniture.

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Ebullient

Ee BULL yent

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Crazy joy. IM SO HAPPY IM GONNA DIE!!!

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Efface

Eh FACE

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V

To erase

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Effervescent

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Bubbly

Of personality or liquid

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Effulgent

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Radiating light

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Emphatic

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Emphatic means forceful and clear. Nicole’s mother was emphatic when she told her not to come home late again.

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Empirical

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Drawn from experiment, not theory

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Encumber

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V

To weigh down, physically or emotionally

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Endemic

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Extremely prevalent in a specific area

Disease in Africa or saggy pants in lunchroom

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Enmity

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Feeling of hostility toward some thing else

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Ennui

Ahn WEE

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Being bored by something tedious.

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Entreat

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V

To beseech

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Enumerate

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V

To enumerate is to list or count off one by one.

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Ephemeral

PHEM

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Something that is fleeting or short-lived is ephemeral, like a fly that lives for one day or text messages flitting from cellphone to cellphone.

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Equivocate

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When you are unwilling to make a decision and almost intentionally go back and forth between two choices, you are equivocating.

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Erudite

Yoo

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Show great learning

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Eschew

CHOO

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If you eschew something, you deliberately avoid it.

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Esoteric

TER

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Secret, arcane. Relating to the enlightened inner circle

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Evanescent

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A beautiful sunset, a rainbow, a wonderful dream right before your alarm clock goes off — all of these could be described as evanescent, which means “fleeting” or “temporary.”

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Evince

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The verb evince means to show or express clearly; to make plain. Evidence can evince the innocence of the accused, and tears can evince the grief of the mourning.

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Exacerbate

Ah

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For a formal-sounding verb that means to make worse, try exacerbate. If you’re in trouble, complaining about it will only exacerbate the problem.

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Excoriate

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If you excoriate someone, you let that person know that you really, really disagree with them. This verb goes beyond mere criticism

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Expulpate

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Acquit, exonerate

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Execrate

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V
HATE!!!!!
And to curse, or declare evil

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Expatiate

PAY

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v

add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

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Exorbitant

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something that is really just too much! You’ll often hear people griping about exorbitant bank fees or exorbitant interest rates.

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Expatriate

PAY (uht vs eit)

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N
Someone who lives in another county by choice
V
To move to another country by choice

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Expectorate

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To cough up phlegm

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Expiate

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V

To make amends for wrongs or sins.

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Expunge

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To cross out-eliminate

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Extemporaneous

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Without any preparation

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Extirpate

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V

To destroy completely, pull up by roots

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Extol

TOL

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V

To praise and honor

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Extort

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To obtain through coercion and intimidation

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Extricate

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To release from being tangled in a mess. “I can’t extricate myself from chores”

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Exude

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To give off (like sweat)
Used figuratively: I exude confidence

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Exult

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V

To express joy in a visible way.