E Flashcards
Eager
Sharp, sour
Having enthusiastic or impatient desire or interest
Economize
To be frugal
Egotist
An excessively conceited or self-absorbed person
Egress
The action of leaving or exiting
Elegant
Pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner, tasteful, sophisticated, chic
Of high grade or quality
Elegy
A sorrowful, melancholy, or nostalgic poem or song
Elongate
To extend the length of
Eloquent
Having fluent expression
Vividly, movingly expressive, or revealing
Embodiment
A tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling
Embryonic
Of or relating to an embryo
Being in an early stage of development
Emphasize
To place emphasis or stress on
Endeavor
To strive to achieve or reach
Enigma
An obscure speech or writing
Something hard to understand or explain
A mysterious person
Entrust
To put something into someone’s care or protection
Envy
Malice
Painful or resentful jealousy
Ephemeral
Lasting a short time
Epitome
A summary
A typical or ideal example
Equity
Justice according to natural law or right
Justice according to individual needs
Equivalent
Equal to in force, amount, or value
Eradicate
To do away with (usually by pulling up by the roots)
Erratic
Having no fixed course, wandering, nomadic
Transported by a glacier
Having a lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity
Eccentric
Esoteric
Intended for and likely to only be understood by a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest
Essential
Of, relating to, or constituting essence, inherent
Basic, indispensable, necessary
Esteem
Worth, value
Opinion, judgement
The regard in which one is held
Euphemism
The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant
Evacuate
To remove the contents of
To discharge from the body as discharge
To remove from a dangerous area
Evade
To slip away
To take refuge in escape or avoidance
Evict
To recover property by a legal process
To force out
Exacerbate
To make worse
Exalt
To raise in rank, power, or character
To glorify
To elevate
To enhance the activity of, to intensify
Exasperate
To enrage or cause irritation or annoyance to
To aggravate
Excavate
To form a cavity or hole in
To form by hollowing out
To dig out and remove
To expose to view by or as if by digging away a covering
Excel
To be superior to
Exemplify
To show or illustrate by example
To make a copy or transcript of a document under a seal
To be an instance of or serve as an example, embody
Exhilarating
Thrilling
Exile
The state or a period of forced absence from one’s country or home
Exquisite
Carefully selected
Accurate
Marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution
Accomplished, perfected
Extend
To spread or stretch forth, to stretch out
To exert to full capacity
To take by force
To enlarge, broaden, exaggerate
Extinct
No longer burning or active
No longer existed
To have gone out of use
Extol
To glorify
Extravagant
Strange, curious, wandering
Exceeding the limits of reason, lacking in moderation, balance, and restraint
Profuse, lavish
