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Ebb

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To fade away, recede

Synonyms: abate, retreat, subside, wane, withdraw

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Ebullient

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Exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits

Synonyms: ardent, avid, bubbly, zestful

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Eccentric

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Abnormal, unconventional

Synonyms: unusual, peculiar

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Eclectic

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Made up of elements from different sources

Synonyms: assorted, miscellaneous

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Ecstasy

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Intense joy or delight

Synonyms: elation, bliss

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Ecstatic

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Joyful

Synonyms: delighted, thrill

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Edict

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Law, command, official public order

Synonyms: decree, dictum, directive, fiat, ukase

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Edify

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To instruct morally and spiritually

Synonyms: enlighten, educate, guide, teach

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Efface

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To erase or make illegible

Synonyms: expunge, obliterate

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Efficacious

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Effective, efficient

Synonyms: effectual, successful

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Efficacy

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Effectiveness

Synonyms: dynamism, effectiveness, efficiency, force

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Efficient

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Effective with a minimum of unnecessary effort or waste

Synonyms: resourceful, proficient

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Effigy

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Stuffed doll, likeness of a person

Synonyms: dummy, figure, image

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Effluvia

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Waste, odorous fumes given off by waste

Synonyms: odor, stench

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Effrontery

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Impudent boldness, audacity

Synonyms: brashness, gall, nerve, presumption, temerity

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Effusive

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Expressing emotion without restraint

Synonyms: gushy, overflowing, profuse

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Egotist

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Self-centered person

Synonyms: boaster, braggart

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Egregious

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Conspicuously bad

Synonyms: blatant, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank

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Egress

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Exit

Synonyms: outlet

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Elate

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To make joyful

Synonyms: excite, thrill

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Elegy

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A mournful poem, usually about the dead

Synonyms: memorial, lament

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Elevated

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Raised, increased

Synonyms: prominent, high

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Eliminate

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Get rid of, remove

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Elocutionist

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Trained public speaker

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Eloquent

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Strongly expressing emotion

Synonyms: feeling, passion

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Elucidate

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To explain, clarify

Synonyms: define, explicate, illuminate, interpret

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Elude

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To avoid cleverly, to escape the perception of

Synonyms: evade, dodge

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Elusive

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Tending to evade

Synonyms: indefinable, hard to pin down

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Embellish

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To ornament, make attractive with decorations or details, add details to a statement

Synonyms: over-stated, larger than life

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Embezzle

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To steal money in violation of a trust

Synonyms: filch, misappropriate

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Embittered

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Resentful, cynical

Synonyms: bitter, sour

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Emend

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To correct a text

Synonyms: alter, revise

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Emigrate

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To leave one country to live in another

Synonyms: move abroad, live elsewhere

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Emissary

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An agent sent as a representative

Synonyms: envoy, messenger

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Emollient

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Soothing, especially to the skin

Synonyms: softening, mollifying

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Empathy

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Identification with the feelings of others

Synonyms: sympathy, compassion

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Emphatic

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Forceful and definite

Synonyms: vigorous, absolute

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Emulate

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To strive for equal or excel, to imitate

Synonyms: follow, mimic

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Enchant

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Attract and delight

Synonyms: charm, captivate

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Encomium

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Warm praise

Synonyms: citation, eulogy, panegyric, salutation, tribute

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Encompass

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To constitute, include

Synonyms: encircle

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Encroach

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To infringe, intrude upon

Synonyms: creep, inch, worm

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Encumber

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To weigh down, to burden

Synonyms: hamper

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Endemic

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Belonging to a particular area, inherent

Synonyms: indigenous, local, native

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Endorse

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To give approval to, sanction

Synonyms: support, back

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Endurance

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Ability to withstand hardships

Synonyms: survival, stamina

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Endure

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Carry on despite hardships

Synonyms: bear, tolerate

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Enduring

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Lasting, continuing

Synonyms: stable, long-term

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Enervate

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To weaken, drain strength from

Synonyms: lethargic, lacking energy

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Enforce

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To compel others to adhere or observe

Synonyms: implement, put in force

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Enfranchise

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Set free

Synonyms: emancipate, empower

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Engender

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To produce, cause, or bring about

Synonyms: beget, generate, proliferate

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Enhance

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To improve, bring to a greater level of intensity

Synonyms: augment, add to

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Enigma

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A puzzle, a mystery

Synonyms: Conundrum, perplexity

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Enigmatic

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Puzzling

Synonyms: Mysterious, unknowable

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Enjoin

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To direct or impose with urgent appeal, to order with emphasis, to forbid

Synonyms: instruct, charge

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Enmity

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Hostility, antagonism, ill will

Synonyms: hate, bad feeling

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Ennui

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Boredom, lack of interest and energy

Synonyms: Listlessness, tedium, world-weariness

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Ensconce

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To settle comfortably into a place

Synonyms: settle

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Ensemble

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Group of parts that contribute to a whole single effect

Synonyms: collection, as one

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Entangle

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To complicate, entwine into a confusing mass, involve in

Synonyms: snare, entrap

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Entreat

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To plead, beg

Synonyms: beseech, implore, importune, petition, request

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Enumerate

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To count, list, itemize

Synonyms: catalog, index, tabulate

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Ephemeral

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Momentary, transient, fleeting

Synonyms: evanescent, fugitive, momentary, transitory

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Epicure

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A person with refined taste in cuisine

Synonyms: connoisseur, gastronome, gourmand, gourmet

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Epigram

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Short, witty saying or poem

Synonyms: adage, aphorism, maxim, saw

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Epilogue

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Concluding section of a literary work

Synonyms: conclusion, ending

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Epistolary

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Associated with letter writing

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Epitaph

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Engraving on a tombstone, literary piece for a dead person

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Epochal

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Momentous, highly significant

Synonyms: unparalleled, notable

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Eponymous

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Giving one’s name to a place, book, restaurant

Synonyms: named after

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Equanimity

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Calmness, composure

Synonyms: Aplomb, coolness, poise

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Equitable

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Fair, just and impartial

Synonyms: reasonable, unbiased

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Equivocate

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To avoid committing oneself in what one says, to be deliberately unclear

Synonyms: lie, mislead

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Eradicate

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To erase or wipe out

Synonyms: annihilate, demolish

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Erasure

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The act or instance of erasing

Synonyms: removal, crossing out

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Erosion

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The process or condition of wearing away

Synonyms: corrosion, wearing down

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Erratic

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Unpredictable, inconsistent

Synonyms: unreliable, irregular

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Erroneously

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Mistakenly, inaccurately

Synonyms: incorrectly, wrongly

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Ersatz

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Being an artificial and inferior substitute or imitation

Synonyms: fake, counterfeit

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Erudite

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Learned, scholarly

Synonyms: cultured, educated, knowledgeable, literate, well-read

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Eschew

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

Synonyms: evade, escape

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Esoteric

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Understood by only a learned few

Synonyms: arcane, mysterious, occult, recondite, secret

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Espouse

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To take up and support as a cause, to marry

Synonyms: champion, adopt

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Espy

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To catch sight of, glimpse

Synonyms: discern

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Essential

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Something fundamental or indispensable

Synonyms: necessary, vital

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Estimable

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Admirable

Synonyms: admirable, commendable

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Ethereal

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Not earthly, spiritual, delicate

Synonyms: airy, diaphanous, gossamer, intangible, sheer

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Ethical

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Moral, right-minded

Synonyms: principled, decent

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Ethos

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Beliefs or character of a group

Synonyms: sentiment

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Eulogy

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High praise for a person who has died

Synonyms: tribute, acclamation

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Euphemism

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An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive

Synonyms: delicacy, floridness

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Euphony

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Pleasant, harmonious sound

Synonyms: harmony, melody, music, sweetness

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Euphoria

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A great feeling of happiness or well-being

Synonyms: jubilation, rapture

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Euthanasia

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The practice of ending the life of hopelessly ill individuals, assisted suicide

Synonyms: mercy-killing

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Evade

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To avoid, dodge

Synonyms: escape

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Evaluate

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To examine or judge carefully

Synonyms: assess, appraise

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Evanescent

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Momentary, transitory, short-lived

Synonyms: ephemeral, fleeting, fugitive, transient

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Evaporate

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To vanish quickly

Synonyms: fade away, disperse

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Evenhanded

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Fair, impartial

Synonyms: unbiased, neutral

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Evince

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To show clearly, display, signify

Synonyms: demonstrate

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Exacerbate

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To aggravate, intensify the bad qualities of

Synonyms: deepen, escalate, worsen

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Exacting

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Requiring a lot of care or attention

Synonyms: demanding, challenging

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Exaggerate

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To represent something as greater than it actually it

Synonyms: overstated, embellished

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Exalt

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To glorify or honor

Synonyms: praise, applaud

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Exasperation

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Irritation

Synonyms: frustration, annoyance

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Exception

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A case that doesn’t conform to a generalization

Synonyms: exemption, omission

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Exclude

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To prevent from being accepted or included

Synonyms: keep out, prohibit

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Excoriate

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To censure scathingly, to express strong approval of

Synonyms: denounce

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Exculpate

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To clear of blame or fault, vindicate

Synonyms: acquit, exonerate

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Excursion

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Short journey, usually for pleasure

Synonyms: outing, jaunt

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Execrable

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Utterly detestable, abhorrent

Synonyms: awful, hateful, horrible, inferior, terrible

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Exemplary

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Outstanding, an example to others

Synonyms: excellent, commendable

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Exemplify

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To show by example

Synonyms: demonstrate, illustrate

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Exhort

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To urge or incite by strong appeals

Synonyms: convince, inspire, press, prod, provoke

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Exhortation

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Speech that advises or pleads

Synonyms: catchphrase, refrain

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Exhume

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To remove from a grave, uncover a secret

Synonyms: disinter, unearth

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Exigent

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Urgent, excessively demanding

Synonyms: compelling, critical, crucial, imperative, pressing

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Exonerate

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To clear of blame, absolve

Synonyms: acquit, exculpate, vindicate

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Exorbitant

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Extravagant, greater than reasonable

Synonyms: excessive, very expensive

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Expedient

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Convenient, efficient, practical

Synonyms: appropriate, sensible, useful

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Expedite

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To speed up the progress of

Synonyms: accelerate, advance

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Expertise

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Skill or knowledge in a particular area

Synonyms: capability, proficiency

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Expiate

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To atone for, make amends for

Synonyms: answer, compensate, pay

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Explanatory

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Serving to make clear

Synonyms: elucidative, expository, illuminative

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Explicit

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Clearly stated or shown, forthright in expression

Synonyms: candid, clear-cut, definite, definitive, express

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Exploit

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Take advantage of

Synonyms: abuse, use

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Exponent

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One who champions or advocates

Synonyms: supporter, representative

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Expound

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To explain or describe in detail

Synonyms: elucidate, elaborate

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Expropriate

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Forcibly take one’s property

Synonyms: confiscate

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Expunge

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To erase, illuminate completely

Synonyms: delete, obliterate

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Expurgate

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To censor

Synonyms: bowdlerize, cut, sanitize

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Extant

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Still in existence

Synonyms: existent, existing, living

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Extemporaneous

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Unrehearsed, on the spur of the moment

Synonyms: impromptu, spontaneous, unprepared

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Extensive

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Large in range, comprehensive

Synonyms: broad, expansive

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Extenuating

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Partially excusing

Synonyms: palliate

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Exterminate

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Destroy completely

Synonyms: annihilate

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External

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Exterior, outer part

Synonyms: outer

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Extirpate

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To root out, eradicate, literally or figuratively, to destroy wholly

Synonyms: wipe out

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Extol

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To praise

Synonyms: glorify, laud

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Extrapolation

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Using known data and information to determine what will happen in the future, prediction

Synonyms: projection, forecast

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Extravagant

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Unreasonably high, exorbitant

Synonyms: excessive

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Extreme

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Very intense, of the greatest severity

Synonyms: furthest, outermost

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Extricate

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To free from, disentangle

Synonyms: disencumber, disengage, release, untangle

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Extrinsic

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External, unessential, originating from the outside

Synonyms: extraneous, foreign

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Extroverted

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Outgoing, easily talks to others

Synonyms: convivial

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Extrude

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To form or shape something by pushing it out, to force out, especially through a small opening

Synonyms: squeeze out

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Exultant

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Triumphant

Synonyms: jubilant, rejoicing

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