E's Flashcards
Eccentric
Departing from convention or one who deviates from the norm
Eclectic
Combining elements from many different sources or styles
Effrontery
Rude and presumptuous begavior
Egregious
Noticeably bad or offensive
Eloquent
Very clear and precise; quality of being skilled in clear and precise speech
Elucidate
To clarify
Emancipation
The act of freeing or liberating
Emollient
Softening or soothing or a softening agent
Empirical
Based on or provable by observation and experiment
Emulate
To follow an admirable example; imitate
Endorse
To support or sign
Engender
To give rise to; originate
Enigmatic
Unexplainable, puzzling
Entity
A discrete unit or being
Enumerate
To state things in a list
Ephemeral
Temporary, fleeting
Equivocal
Uncertain or ambiguous
Erudite
Learned; having great knowledge
Esoteric
Understood by few people; mysterious
Espouse
To choose to follow or support something
Estimable
Admirable; deserving of esteem
Ethical
In line with the principles of right and wrong
Euphemism
An inoffensive expression substituted for one that is deemed offensive
Exacerbate
To intensify bitterness or violence
Exceptional
Having uncommonly great qualities
Excoriate
To denounce; to chafe
Exculpate
To remove blame; acquit
Exhort
To urge or try to persuade
Exigent
Demanding immediate attention; urgent
Explicate
To explain or make comprehensible
Expunge
To get rid of or erase
Extant
Currently existing
Extenuating
Partially justifiable
Extol
To praise or glorify
Extrovert
A person characterized by concern with things outside of himself or herself; an outgoing or gregarious person
Extricate
To free or disentangle
Exultant
Gleeful because of success