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Question 1

Ebullient

Answer 1

exhilarated; full of enthusiasm & high spirits

-ardent, avid, bubbly, zestful

Question 2

Eclectic

Answer 2

selecting from or made up from a variety of sources

-broad, catholic

Question 3

Edify

Answer 3

to instruct morally and spiritually

-educate, enlighten, guide, teach

Question 4

Efficacy

Answer 4

effectiveness

-dynamism, efficiency, force, power, proficiency, strength

Question 5

Effigy

Answer 5

a stuffed doll; a likeness of a person

-dummy, figure, image

Question 6

Effrontery

Answer 6

impudent boldness; audacity

-brashness, gall, nerve, presumption

Question 7

Elegy

Answer 7

a sorrowful poem or speech

-dirge, lament

Question 8

Eloquent

Answer 8

persuasive and moving, especially in speech

-articulate, expressive, fluent, meaningful

Question 9

Embellish

Answer 9

to add ornamental or fictitious details

-adorn, bedeck, elaborate, enhance, exaggerate

Question 10

Emulate

Answer 10

to copy; to try to equal or excel

-ape, imitate, stimulate

Question 11

Encomium

Answer 11

warm praise

-citation, eulogy, panegyric, salutation, tribute

Question 12

Endemic

Answer 12

belonging to a particular area; inherent

-indigenous, local, native

Question 13

Enervate

Answer 13

to reduce in strength

-debilitate, enfeeble, sap, weaken

Question 14

Engender

Answer 14

to produce, cause, or bring about

-beget, generate, spawn

Question 15

Enigma

Answer 15

a puzzle; a mystery

-conundrum, perplexity

Question 16

Enumerate

Answer 16

to count, list, or itemize

-catalog, index, tabulate

Question 17

Ephemeral

Answer 17

lasting a short time

-evanescent, fleeting, momentary, transient

Question 18

Epicure

Answer 18

a person with refined taste in food and wine

-bon vivant, connoisseur, gastronome, gourmet

Question 19

Equivocate

Answer 19

to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

-ambiguous, evasive, waffling

Question 20

Erratic

Answer 20

wandering and unpredictable

-capricious, inconstant, irresolute, whimsical

Question 21

Ersatz

Answer 21

fake

-artificial, dummy, false, imitation, mock, sham, spurious, substitute

Question 22

Erudite

Answer 22

learned; scholarly; bookish

-wise, scholastic

Question 23

Eschew

Answer 23

to shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful)

-elude, escape, evade, shy

Question 24

Esoteric

Answer 24

known or understood only by a few

-abstruse, arcane, obscure

Question 25

Estimable

Answer 25

admirable

-commendable, creditable, honorable, worthy, venerable, meritorious

Question 26

Ethos

Answer 26

the beliefs or character of a group

-culture, ethic, philosophy

Question 27

Eulogy

Answer 27

a speech in praise of someone

-commend, extol, laud

Question 28

Euphemism

Answer 28

use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
-circumlocution, delicacy

Question 29

Euphony

Answer 29

pleasant, harmonious sound

-harmony, melody, music, sweetness

Question 30

Exacerbate

Answer 30

to make worse

-aggravate, annoy, intensify, irritate, provoke

Question 31

Exculpate

Answer 31

to clear from blame; to prove innocent

-absolve, acquit, clear, exonerate, vindicate

Question 32

Exigent

Answer 32

urgent; requiring immediate action

-critical, imperative, needed

Question 33

Exonerate

Answer 33

to clear of blame

-absolve, acquit, exculpate, vindicate

Question 34

Explicit

Answer 34

clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression

-candid, clear-cut, frank, straightforward, definitive

Question 35

Exponent

Answer 35

one who champions or advocates

-representative, supporter

Question 36

Expurgate

Answer 36

to censor

-cute, sanitize, bowdlerize