E Flashcards
1
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Effluvia
A
Waste
2
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Elegy
A
A poem usually about the dead
3
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Elude
A
To avoid cleverly
4
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Emollient
A
Soothing
5
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Emulate
A
To imitate
6
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Encumber
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To weigh down
7
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Enjoin
A
To forbid
8
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Epochal
A
Highly significant
9
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Eponymous
A
Giving one’s name to a place, restaurant, book
10
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Equivocate
A
To be deliberately unclear
11
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Ersatz
A
Being an artificial and inferior substitute
12
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Eschew
A
To avoid
13
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Espouse
A
To marry
14
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Espy
A
To catch the sight of
15
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Euphemism
A
An inoffensive and agreeable expression that substitute an offensive one
16
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Euthanasia
A
Assisted suicide
17
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Excoriate
A
To express strong disapproval of
18
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Exponent
A
One who champions
19
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Expound
A
To explain or describe in detail
20
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Expunge
A
Eliminate completely
21
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Extirpate
A
To destroy wholly
22
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Extrapolation
A
Prediction
23
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Extrinsic
A
External
24
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Extrude
A
To form or shape sth by pushing it out
