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1
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Eccentric

A

Departing from convention or one who deviates from the norm

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Eclectic

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Combining elements from many different sources or styles

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Effrontery

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Rude and presumptuous begavior

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Egregious

A

Noticeably bad or offensive

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Eloquent

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Very clear and precise; quality of being skilled in clear and precise speech

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Elucidate

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To clarify

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Emancipation

A

The act of freeing or liberating

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Emollient

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Softening or soothing or a softening agent

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Empirical

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Based on or provable by observation and experiment

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Emulate

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To follow an admirable example; imitate

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Endorse

A

To support or sign

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Engender

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To give rise to; originate

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Enigmatic

A

Unexplainable, puzzling

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Entity

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A discrete unit or being

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Enumerate

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To state things in a list

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Ephemeral

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Temporary, fleeting

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Equivocal

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Uncertain or ambiguous

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Erudite

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Learned; having great knowledge

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Esoteric

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Understood by few people; mysterious

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Espouse

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To choose to follow or support something

21
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Estimable

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Admirable; deserving of esteem

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Ethical

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In line with the principles of right and wrong

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Euphemism

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An inoffensive expression substituted for one that is deemed offensive

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Exacerbate

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To intensify bitterness or violence

25
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Exceptional

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Having uncommonly great qualities

26
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Excoriate

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To denounce; to chafe

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Exculpate

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To remove blame; acquit

28
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Exhort

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To urge or try to persuade

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Exigent

A

Demanding immediate attention; urgent

30
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Explicate

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To explain or make comprehensible

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Expunge

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To get rid of or erase

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Extant

A

Currently existing

33
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Extenuating

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Partially justifiable

34
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Extol

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To praise or glorify

35
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Extrovert

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A person characterized by concern with things outside of himself or herself; an outgoing or gregarious person

36
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Extricate

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To free or disentangle

37
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Exultant

A

Gleeful because of success

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