Essential Words X

Question 1

Elevate

Answer 1

Raise, lift up; lift the spirits of; move up to a higher rank or status or raise up to a higher spiritual or intellectual plane.

Question 2

Elicit

Answer 2

Call forth, bring out, evoke

Question 3

Eloquent

Answer 3

Marked by forceful, fluid, apt speech; expressive, emotionally moving

Question 4

Embellish

Answer 4

Decorate, add ornamentation; enhance (a story) with fictional or fanciful details

Question 5

Eminent

Answer 5

Prominent, distinguished, of high rank

Question 6

Empirical

Answer 6

Coming from, based on, or able to be verified by experience or experimentation; not purely based on theory

Question 7

Emulate

Answer 7

Copy in an attempt to equal or be better than

Question 8

Enervate

Answer 8

Tire out; weaken

Question 9

Enhance

Answer 9

Raise to a higher value, desirability, etc.

Question 10

Enigma

Answer 10

Puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person

Question 11

Entitlement

Answer 11

Having the right to certain privileges; believing, sometimes without cause, that one deserves or has a right to certain privileges

Question 12

Enumerate

Answer 12

Count or list; specify one-by-one

Question 13

Ephemeral

Answer 13

Lasting only a short time, fleeting

Question 14

Equitable

Answer 14

Fair, equal, just

Question 15

Erratic

Answer 15

Inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course

Question 16

Erroneous

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Mistaken, in error; improper, morally incorrect

Question 17

Erudite

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Scholarly, knowledgeable; possessing deep, often systematic, knowledge

Question 18

Eschew

Answer 18

Shun, avoid, abstain from

Question 19

Esoteric

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Understood by or intended for only a few; secret

Question 20

Estimable

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Worthy of esteem, admirable; able to be estimated

Question 21

Eulogy

Answer 21

Speech of praise or written work of praise, exp. a speech given at a funeral

Question 22

Exacerbate

Answer 22

Make worse inflame; irritate or embitter

Question 23

Exacting

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Very severe in making demands; requiring precise attention

Question 24

Exculpate

Answer 24

Clear from guilt or blame

Question 25

Exhaustive

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Comprehensive, thorough, exhausting a topic or subject, accounting for all possibilities; draining, tending to exhaust

Question 26

Explicit

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Direct, clear, fully revealed; clearly depicting sex or nudity

Question 27

Exponent

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Person who expounds or explains; champion, advocate, or representative

Question 28

Extraneous

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Irrelevant; foreign, coming from without, not belonging

Question 29

Extrapolate

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Conjecture about an unknown by projecting information about something known; predict by projecting past experience

Question 30

Facetious

Answer 30

Joking, humorous, esp. inappropriately; not serious, concerned with frivolous things

Question 31

Facilitate

Answer 31

Make easier, help the progress of

Question 32

Fallacious

Answer 32

Containing a fallacy, or mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive

Question 33

Fanatical

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Excessively devoted, enthusiastic, or zealous in an uncritical way

Question 34

Fanciful

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Whimsical, capricious; imaginary; freely imaginative rather than based on reason or reality

Question 35

Fathom

Answer 35

Measure the depth of as with a sounding line; penetrate and discover the meaning of, understand

Question 36

Feasible

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Possible; logical or likely; suitable

Question 37

Fidelity

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Faithfulness, loyalty; strict observance of duty; accuracy in reproducing a sound or image

Question 38

Figurative

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Metaphorical, based on figures of speech; containing many figures of speech; related to portraying human or animal figures, as opposed to abstract objects

Question 39

Finesse

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Extreme delicacy, subtlety, or diplomacy in handling a sensitive situation or in a performance or skill; use tact or diplomacy; employ a deceptive strategy

Question 40

Flag

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Get tired, lose enthusiasm; hang limply or droop

Question 41

Fleeting

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Passing quickly, transitory

Question 42

Foment

Answer 42

Incite, instigate, stir up, promote the growth of; apply medicate liquid to a body part

Question 43

Foreshadow

Answer 43

Indicate or suggest beforehand, presage

Question 44

Forfeit

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Surrender or lose as a result of an error, crime, or failure to fulfill an obligation

Question 45

Fortify

Answer 45

Strengthen, invigorate, encourage

Question 46

Fringe

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On the margin, periphery; the people in a group who hold the most extreme views

Question 47

Frugal

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Economical, thrifty, not wasteful with money; inexpensive

Question 48

Futile

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Producing no useful result, ineffective; trivial or unimportant

Question 49

Gainsay

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Declare false, deny; oppose

Question 50

Garrulous

Answer 50

Talkative, wordy, rambling