E Flashcards

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Eager

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Sharp, sour

Having enthusiastic or impatient desire or interest

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Economize

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To be frugal

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Egotist

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An excessively conceited or self-absorbed person

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Egress

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The action of leaving or exiting

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Elegant

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Pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner, tasteful, sophisticated, chic

Of high grade or quality

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Elegy

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A sorrowful, melancholy, or nostalgic poem or song

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Elongate

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To extend the length of

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Eloquent

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Having fluent expression

Vividly, movingly expressive, or revealing

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Embodiment

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A tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling

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Embryonic

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Of or relating to an embryo

Being in an early stage of development

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Emphasize

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To place emphasis or stress on

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Endeavor

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To strive to achieve or reach

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Enigma

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An obscure speech or writing

Something hard to understand or explain

A mysterious person

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Entrust

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To put something into someone’s care or protection

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Envy

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Malice

Painful or resentful jealousy

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a short time

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Epitome

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A summary

A typical or ideal example

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Equity

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Justice according to natural law or right

Justice according to individual needs

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Equivalent

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Equal to in force, amount, or value

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Eradicate

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To do away with (usually by pulling up by the roots)

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Erratic

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Having no fixed course, wandering, nomadic

Transported by a glacier

Having a lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity

Eccentric

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Esoteric

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Intended for and likely to only be understood by a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest

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Essential

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Of, relating to, or constituting essence, inherent

Basic, indispensable, necessary

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Esteem

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Worth, value

Opinion, judgement

The regard in which one is held

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Euphemism

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The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant

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Evacuate

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To remove the contents of

To discharge from the body as discharge

To remove from a dangerous area

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Evade

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To slip away

To take refuge in escape or avoidance

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Evict

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To recover property by a legal process

To force out

29
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Exacerbate

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To make worse

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Exalt

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To raise in rank, power, or character

To glorify

To elevate

To enhance the activity of, to intensify

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Exasperate

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To enrage or cause irritation or annoyance to

To aggravate

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Excavate

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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

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Excel

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To be superior to

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Exemplify

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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

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Exhilarating

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Thrilling

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Exile

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The state or a period of forced absence from one’s country or home

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Exquisite

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Carefully selected

Accurate

Marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution

Accomplished, perfected

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Extend

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To spread or stretch forth, to stretch out

To exert to full capacity

To take by force

To enlarge, broaden, exaggerate

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Extinct

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No longer burning or active

No longer existed

To have gone out of use

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Extol

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To glorify

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Extravagant

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Strange, curious, wandering

Exceeding the limits of reason, lacking in moderation, balance, and restraint

Profuse, lavish