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Ebullient

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Adj

Exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirit:

The ebullient child exhausted the baby-sitter, who lacked the energy to keep up.

Synonym: ardent; avid; zestful

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Eclectic

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Adj

Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources:

Budapest’s architecture is an eclectic mix of eastern and western styles.

Synonym: broad; catholic; selective

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Edify

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Verb

To instruct morally and spiritually:

The guru was paid to edify the actress in the ways of Buddhism.

Synonym: educate; enlighten; guide; teach

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Efficacy

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Noun

Effectiveness:

The efficacy of penicillin was unsurpassed when it was first introduced completely eliminating almost all bacterial infections.

Synonym: dynamism; force; power; strength

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Effigy

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Noun

Stuffed doll; likeness of a person:

In England, effigies of the historic rebel guy Fawkes are burned to celebrate his capture.

Synonym: dummy; figure; image

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Effrontery

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Noun

Impudent boldness; audacity:

The receptionist had the effrontery to laugh out loud when the CEO tripped over a computer wire and fell flat on his face.

Synonym: brashness; gall; nerve

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Elegy

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Noun

A sorrowful poem or speech:

Though Thomas gray’e elegy is about death and loss, it urges its readers to endure this life, and to trust in spirituality.

Synonym: dirge; lament

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Eloquent

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Adj

Persuasive and moving, especially in speech

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Embellish

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Verb

To add ornamental or fictitious details

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Emulate

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Verb

To copy or try to equal or excel

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Encomium

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Noun

Warm praise:

Georgia’s “Encomium to Helen” was written as a tribute to Helen of Troy.

Synonym: eulogy; citation

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Endemic

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Adj

Belonging to a particular area; inherent:

The health department determined that the outbreak was endemic to the small village, so it quarantined the inhabitants before the virus could spread.

Synonym: indigenous; local; native

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Enervate

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Verb

To reduce in strength:

Holly enervated Ronda in the first round enough to knock her out in second round.

Synonym: debilitate; enfeeble; abate; attenuate

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Engender

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Verb

To produce, cause, or bring about:

His fear and hatred of clowns was engendered when he witnessed a bank robbery carried out by men wearing clown suits and make-up.

Synonym: proliferate; generate

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Enigma

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Noun

A puzzle, a mystery:

Speaking in riddles and dressed in old robes, the artist gained a reputation as something of an enigma.

Synonym: conundrum; perplexity

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Enumerate

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Verb

To count, list, itemize:

Before making his decision, Jacob asked the waiter to enumerate the different varieties of ice cream that the restaurant carried.

Synonym: catalog; index; tabulate

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Ephemeral

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Adj

Lasting a short time:

The lives of mayflies seem ephemeral to us, since the flies’ average life span is a matter of hours.

Synonym: evanescent; fleeting; momentary

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Epicure

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Noun

Person with refined taste in food and wine:

Lisa is an epicure who always throws the most splendid dinner parties.

Synonym: Bon vivant; connoisseur; gourmet

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Equivocate

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Verb

To use expression of double meaning in order to mislead:

When faced with criticism of his policies, the political equivocated and left all parties thinking he agreed with them.

Synonym: hedge; waffle

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Erratic

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Adj

Wandering and unpredictable:

The plot seemed predictable until it suddenly took a series of erratic turns that surprised the audience.

Synonym: capricious; inconstant; irresolute

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Ersatz

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Adj

Fake; artificial:

Edda, a fashion maven, knew instantly that her friend’s Kate Spade bag was really an ersatz version purchased on the street.

Synonym: false; imitation

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Erudite

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Adj

Learned, scholarly, bookish:

The annual meeting of philosophy professors was a gathering of the most erudite, well published individuals in the field.

Synonym: wise

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Eschew

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Verb

To shun, to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful):

The filmmaker eschewed artificial light for her actors, resulting in a stark movie style.

Synonym: elude; escape

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Esoteric

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Adj

Known or understood only by a few:

Only a handful of experts are knowledgable about the esoteric world of particle physics.

Synonym: abstruse; arcane

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Estimable

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Adj

Admirable:

Most people consider it estimable that mother Teresa spend her life helping the poor of India.

Synonym: laudable

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Ethos

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Noun

Belief or character of a group:

It is the Boy Scouts’ ethos that one should always be prepared.

Synonym: culture; ethic

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Eulogy

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Noun

Speech in praise of someone

Synonym: encomium; elegy; panegyrics

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Euphemism

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Noun

Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one:

The funeral director preferred to use the euphemism ‘sleeping’ instead of the word ‘dead’.

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Euphony

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Noun

Pleasant, harmonious sound:

To their loving parents, the children’s orchestra performance sounded like euphony, although others would’ve probably called it a cacophony.

Synonym: harmony; melody

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Exacerbate

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Verb

To make worse:

Synonym: aggravate; annoy

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Exculpate

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Verb

To clear from blame, to prove innocent:

The legal system is intended to convict those who are guilty and exculpate those who are innocent.

Synonym: absolve; exonerate; vindicate

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Exigent

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Adj

Urgent; requiring immediate action:

The patient was losing blood so rapidly that it was exigency to stop the source of the bleeding.

Synonym: critical; imperative; needed

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Exonerate

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Verb

To clear from blame

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Explicit

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Adj

Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression

Synonym: candid; unequivocal

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Exponent

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Noun

One who champions or advocates:

The Vice President was an enthusiastic exponent of computer technology.

Synonym: supporter

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Expurgate

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Verb

To censor:

Government propagandists expurgated all negative references to the dictator from the film.

Synonym: cut

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Enfeeble

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Verb

Make weak or feeble:

Trade unions are in an enfeebled state.

Synonym: weaken; debilitate

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Evocative

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Adj

Bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind:

The purpose of the evocative ad is to motivate people to fly home for holidays.

Synonym: reminiscent; redolent

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Encroachment

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Noun

Intrusion on a person’s territory, right etc:

Minor encroachments on our individual liberties.

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Equivocal

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Adj

open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.

“the equivocal nature of her remarks”

synonyms: ambiguous, indefinite, noncommittal, vague, imprecise, inexact, inexplicit

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Extemporaneous

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Adj

Spoken or done without preparation:

An extemporaneous speech

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Egalitarian

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Adj

Believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities:

A fairer, more egalitarian society is a goal that’s constantly being challenged.

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Espousal

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Noun

An act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or a way of life:

He dedicated his life to his espousal of the leftist cause.

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Elation

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Noun

Great happiness and exhilaration:

Angela’s elation at regaining quality of life was short lived.

Synonym: euphoria, ecstasy.

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Envisage

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Verb

Contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event:

What level of profit do you envisage?

Synonym: envision
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