E-F Flashcards
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- edema, oedema
- effectuate
- efficacy
- eggs Benedict
- eglantine
- El Salvador
- elaterid
- electioneer
- eleemosynary
- elicit
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461. two different ways of spelling 462. 463. 464. two words; capitalization for second word required 465. 466. two words; capitalization required 467. 468. 469. 470.
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- ellipsoid •
- ellipticity
- embargoes
- embayed
- embellishment
- embroil
- emergent
- emollient
- emplacement
- emulous
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471.a solid figure all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles; 1715-25;
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- emulsible
- encapsulated (adj.) •
- enclave
- encroaches
- endarterectomy
- endorphin
- engenderer
- ennoble
- ensilage •
- entrecôte •
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481. 482. to place in or as if in a capsule; 1860-65; en-1 + capsulate 483. 484. 485. 486. 487. 488. 489. the preservation of green fodder in a silo or pit; 1875-80;
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- entropy
- epicurean, Epicurean
- epigeal •
- epigenous
- epilogue, epilog
- epidosic •
- epitasis •
- epochal
- equanimity
- ergonomically •
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491.
492. could be capitalized
493. living near the surface of the ground, as on low herbs or other surface vegetation; Origin: Greek epigeios, on the earth; Greek ge, earth, Greek epi, upon
494.
495. Different spelling
496. pertaining to or of the nature of an episode.; Origin: Greek epeisodion, parenthetic narrative
497. the part of an ancient drama, following the protasis, in which the main action is developed; Origin: Greek epitasis, stretching, intensity; Greek epiteinein, to stretch, intensify; Greek teinein, to stretch; Greek epi, upon
498.
499.
500. human engineering.; Origin: Greek ergon, work
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- eristic •
- erethrism •
- escapology
- eschewal
- escritoire
- esculent •
- Estonia
- ethnohistory
- etiologic
- eupeptic
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- pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial; Origin: Greek erizein, to wrangle, quarrel; Greek eris, erid-, strife
- an unusual or excessive degree of irritability or stimulation in an organ or tissue; Origin: Greek eruthros, red
503.
504.
505. - suitable for use as food; edible; Origin: Latin esca, food; Latin edere, to eat
- proper name; capitalization
508.
509.
510.
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- euphonious •
- Eurasia •
- euripus
- Everyman, everyman
- evocation
- exanthema •
- excisable
- execrate
- exergue
- exhibitive
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- pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear; characterized by euphony; Origin: Greek euphonos, sweet-voiced
- Europe and Asia considered together as one continent; Capitalization; Origin: Eur- + Asia
513. - possible capitalization
515. - an eruptive disease, especially one attended with fever, as smallpox or measles; Origin: Greek exanthema, eruption; Greek exanthein, to burst forth; Greek anthein, to blossom; Greek anthos, flower; Latin exanthema, skin rash; Greek ex, ek, out of, from
517.
518.
519.
520.
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- exogamy
- expiate
- explication
- exponential
- extrapolate •
- extravehicular activity
- exudation
- exurbia
- eyespot
- falcon-gentle
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521. 522. 523. 524. 525. to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture; 1825-35; extra- + (inter)polate; A sound pension should plan for the time on the bottom, not extrapolate from the moment on top. 526. two words 527. 528. 529. 530. two words; hyphened
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- fallibility
- familial •
- fantastically
- farrago
- fata morgna
- Faulknerian
- febricity
- felucca
- femininity
- fer-de-lance
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531.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a family; 1895-1900;
- two words
- capitalization is required
- three words; hyphened (two)
9
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- fez (a cap)
- fiancé (male) •
- fideism
- fiefdom •
- fiendish
- figurehead
- filigree
- filmography
- fishmonger •
- flabelliform •
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541.
- a man engaged to be married.; 1850-55;
- the estate or domain of a feudal lord; 1805-15; fief + -dom; “The United States cannot sit back and watch an al Qaeda fiefdom rise up in Iraq,” the Iraqi official said.
- a dealer in fish, especially for eating; 1300-50; Middle English fysshmongere; My knock at the door was answered by the fishmonger himself
- being in the shape of a fan; fan-shaped; 1810-20;
10
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- flâneur •
- floe
- flotilla
- flout
- fluorination
- foliaceous
- foray
- forgettable
- Formica (trademark)
- formicary
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551. idler; dawdler; loafer; "loafer, idler," 1854, from French flâneur, from flâner "to stroll, loaf, saunter," probably from a Scandinavian source (cf. Norwegian flana, flanta "to gad about"); accent over a 552. 553. 554. 555. 556. 557. 558. 559. capitalization is required 560.
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- easement
- eau de vie -
- echoic
- eclampsia -
- eclogue
- ecocide
- ectothermic
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- brandy, especially a coarser and less purified variety.; literally, water of life; cf. aqua vitae; eau-de-vie ordinaire, or common brandy, is distilled from inferior or spoilt white or red wines; average sp.; three words
- 455.
456. - a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by albuminuria, hypertension, and convulsions; 1855-60;
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- forsythia, Forsythia
- franchisee
- Francophile •
- frission
- fructiferous
- fugleman
- fulsome
- fundamentalism, Fundamentalism
- furlong •
- futurity race •
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- capitalization is allowed
562. - friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.; 1885-90; Franco- + -phile; Craven stood for the past, he was a link with the life the Francophile Arab was reluctantly surrendering.
564.
565.
566.
567. - capitalization is allowed
- Craven stood for the past, he was a link with the life the Francophile Arab was reluctantly surrendering.; before 900; Middle English; Old English furlang length of a furrow; But furlong became legally emancipated that same year, at the age of 16.
- future time:; 1595-1605; future + -ity; futurity can be no source of alarm to him who is conscious of acting right; two words
