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ebullient

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enthusiastic

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eclectic

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selecting from various sources

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effete

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overrefined; ineffectual

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efficacy

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effectiveness

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effrontery

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shameless boldness

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elegy

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song expressing passioniate grief

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elicit

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to provoke

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embellish

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decorate; enhance

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empirical

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derived from experiment

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emulate

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copy

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endemic

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inherent; belonging to an area; native to

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enervate

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to weaken

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ephemeral

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short-lived

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equanimity

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calmness

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equivocate

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intentionally use vague language

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erudite

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scholarly

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esoteric

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hard to understand

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euphemism

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inoffensive language in place of offensive language

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exacerbate

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to make worse

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exculpate

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to clear of blame

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execrable

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extremely bad and unpleasant

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exigency

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urgent requirements

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existential

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having to do with existence

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extant

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not lost

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extraneous

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not essential

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extrapolation

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estimating by projecting known information