E words Flashcards
Ebullient***
(adj) exhilarated; enthusiastic
Eclectic***
(adj) selecting from various sources
Effete***
(adj) depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent
Efficacy***
(n) efficiency; effectiveness
Effrontery***
(n) shameless boldness; presumptuousness
Elegy***
(n) poem or song expressing lamentation
Elicit***
(v) to provoke; draw out
Embellish***
(v) to adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details
Emollient
(adj) soothing; mollifying – “mol” like soft in PT
Empirical***
(adj) derived from observation or experiment
Emulate***
(v) to imitate; copy
Encomium
(n) a formal expression of praise
Endemic***
(adj) inherent; belonging to an area
Enervate***
(v) to weaken
Ephemeral***
(adj) short-lived; fleeting
Equable
(adj) steady; unvarying; serene
Equanimity***
(n) composure; calmness
Equivocate***
(v) to intentionally use vague langugage
Erudite***
(adj) learned; scholarly
Esoteric***
(adj) hard to understand; known only to a few
Estimable
(adj) admirable; possible to estimate
Etiology
(n) causes or origins
Etymology
(n) origin and history of a word
Euphemism***
(n) use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of unpleasant or offensive language
Evince
(v) to show plainly; to be an indication of
Evocative
(adj) tending to call to mind or produce a reaction
Exacerbate***
(v) to aggravate; make worse
Exact
(v) to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority
Exculpate***
(v) to clear of blame; vindicate
Execrable***
(adj) detestable; abhorrent – “ex-eh-cra-ble”
Exigency***
(n) crisis; urgent requirements
Existential***
(adj) having to do with existence; based on experience; having to do with the philosophy of existentialism
Expatiate
(v) to speak or write at length
Expatriate
(v) to send into exile – “ek-SPAY-tree-ayt” ;; person living outside their own land – “ek-SPAY-tree-it”
Expiate
(v) to atone for
Expository
(adj) explanatory
Extant***
(adj) in existence; not lost
Extirpate
(v) to root up; to destroy
Extraneous***
(adj) not essential
Extrapolation***
(n) the act of estimation by projecting known information
