E-words

Question 1

Ebullient

Answer 1

Bubbly; overflowing with excitement

Question 2

Edify

Answer 2

Enlighten; educate

Question 3

Educe

Answer 3

To elicit; infer or deduce

Question 4

Efface

Answer 4

To erase; rub out

Question 5

Effete

Answer 5

Tired; barren; decadent

Question 6

Effigy

Answer 6

Dummy (mannequin), usually for symbolic torturing

Question 7

Emulate

Answer 7

To imitate closely

Question 8

Epitaph

Answer 8

Memorial text carved on a tombstone

Question 9

Epitome

Answer 9

Something that perfectly represents an entire class of things

Question 10

Equestrian

Answer 10

Pertaining to horsemanship; on horseback

Question 11

Equipoise

Answer 11

Equality; balance; equilibrium

Question 12

Equivocal

Answer 12

Capable of two interpretations; ambiguous

Question 13

Erudite

Answer 13

Scholarly

Question 14

Eschew

Answer 14

Avoid; shun

Question 15

Esoteric

Answer 15

Known only by a few people

Question 16

Ethereal

Answer 16

Not of the material world

Question 17

Eulogy

Answer 17

Praiseful speech at a funeral

Question 18

Exact

Answer 18

(SAT uses second definition)

To demand

Question 19

Exhume

Answer 19

To remove from a grace; disinter

Question 20

Exigent

Answer 20

1. Urgent; requiring immediate attention

2. Excessively demanding; excessively exacting

Question 21

Eclectic

Answer 21

Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a wide range of sources