"E-" Vocabulary

Question 1

Ebullience

Answer 1

The quality of lively energetic expression of feelings (adj)

Question 2

Eccentric

Answer 2

Departing from norms or conventions (adj)

Question 3

Eclectic

Answer 3

Composed of elements drawn from various sources (adj)

Question 4

Edifying

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Enlightening, informative (adj)

Question 5

Efficacy

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The ability to produce an intended result (n)

Question 6

Efflorescence

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The state or a period of flowering (n)

Question 7

Effrontery

Answer 7

Extreme boldness (n)

Question 8

Effusive

Answer 8

Gushing; excessively demonstrative (adj)

Question 9

Egress

Answer 9

Exit (n)

Question 10

Elegy

Answer 10

A mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead. (n)

Question 11

Eloquent

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Well-spoken; expressive; articulate (adj)

Question 12

Emollient

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Soothing; especially to the skin (adj)

Question 13

Empirical

Answer 13

Based on observation or experiment (adj)

Question 14

Encomium

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Glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy (n)

Question 15

Endemic

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Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people; indigenous (adj)

Question 16

Enervate

Answer 16

To weaken; to reduce in vitality (v)

Question 17

Engender

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To cause, produce, give rise to (v)

Question 18

Enigmatic

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Mysterious, obscure, difficult to understand (adj)

Question 19

Ennui

Answer 19

Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy (n)

Question 20

Enormity

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Excessive wickedness, evilness (n)

Question 21

Ephemeral

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Brief; fleeting, short-lived (adj)

Question 22

Epicure

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One devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and dink (n)

Question 23

Episodic

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Loosely connected, not flowing logically (adj)

Question 24

Epithet

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Disparaging word or phrase (n)

Question 25

Epitome

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Embodiment; example (n)

Question 26

Equanimity

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Composure; self-possesion (adj)

Question 27

Equable

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Level; not able to be easily disturbed (adj)

Question 28

Equivocate

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To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (v)

Question 29

Errant

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Straying from the right course or from accepted standards (adj)

Question 30

Erratic

Answer 30

Without consistency (v)

Question 31

Erudite

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Very learned, scholarly (adj)

Question 32

Eschew

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To shun or avoid (v)

Question 33

Esoteric

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Intended for or understood by a small, specific group (adj)

Question 34

Essay

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To test or try; attempt; experiment (v)

Question 35

Estimable

Answer 35

worthy, formidable (adj)

Question 36

Eulogy

Answer 36

A speech honoring the dead (n)

Question 37

Evanescent

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Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing (adj)

Question 38

Evince

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To show clearly, to indicate (v)

Question 39

Exacerbate

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To make worse or more severe (v)

Question 40

Exact

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To demand, call for, require, take (v)

Question 41

Excoriate

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To censure scathingly, to upbraid (v)

Question 42

Exculpate

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Exonerate; to clear of blame (v)

Question 43

Exemplar

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Typical or standard specimen; model (n)

Question 44

Exhort

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To incite; to make urgent appeals (v)

Question 45

Exigent

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Urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention (adj)

Question 46

Exonerate

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To remove blame (v)

Question 47

Expatiate

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To discuss or write about at length (v)

Question 48

Expiate

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To atone or make amends for (v)

Question 49

Expurgate

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To remove obscenity, purify, censor (v)

Question 50

Extant

Answer 50

Existing, not destroyed or lost (adj)

Question 51

Extemporaneous

Answer 51

Improvised; done without preparation (adj)

Question 52

Extirpate

Answer 52

To destroy, exterminate, cut out (v)