Essential Words X Flashcards
Elevate
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.
Elicit
Call forth, bring out, evoke
Eloquent
Marked by forceful, fluid, apt speech; expressive, emotionally moving
Embellish
Decorate, add ornamentation; enhance (a story) with fictional or fanciful details
Eminent
Prominent, distinguished, of high rank
Empirical
Coming from, based on, or able to be verified by experience or experimentation; not purely based on theory
Emulate
Copy in an attempt to equal or be better than
Enervate
Tire out; weaken
Enhance
Raise to a higher value, desirability, etc.
Enigma
Puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person
Entitlement
Having the right to certain privileges; believing, sometimes without cause, that one deserves or has a right to certain privileges
Enumerate
Count or list; specify one-by-one
Ephemeral
Lasting only a short time, fleeting
Equitable
Fair, equal, just
Erratic
Inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course
Erroneous
Mistaken, in error; improper, morally incorrect
Erudite
Scholarly, knowledgeable; possessing deep, often systematic, knowledge
Eschew
Shun, avoid, abstain from
Esoteric
Understood by or intended for only a few; secret
Estimable
Worthy of esteem, admirable; able to be estimated
Eulogy
Speech of praise or written work of praise, exp. a speech given at a funeral
Exacerbate
Make worse inflame; irritate or embitter
Exacting
Very severe in making demands; requiring precise attention
Exculpate
Clear from guilt or blame
Exhaustive
Comprehensive, thorough, exhausting a topic or subject, accounting for all possibilities; draining, tending to exhaust
Explicit
Direct, clear, fully revealed; clearly depicting sex or nudity
Exponent
Person who expounds or explains; champion, advocate, or representative
Extraneous
Irrelevant; foreign, coming from without, not belonging
Extrapolate
Conjecture about an unknown by projecting information about something known; predict by projecting past experience
Facetious
Joking, humorous, esp. inappropriately; not serious, concerned with frivolous things
Facilitate
Make easier, help the progress of
Fallacious
Containing a fallacy, or mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive
Fanatical
Excessively devoted, enthusiastic, or zealous in an uncritical way
Fanciful
Whimsical, capricious; imaginary; freely imaginative rather than based on reason or reality
Fathom
Measure the depth of as with a sounding line; penetrate and discover the meaning of, understand
Feasible
Possible; logical or likely; suitable
Fidelity
Faithfulness, loyalty; strict observance of duty; accuracy in reproducing a sound or image
Figurative
Metaphorical, based on figures of speech; containing many figures of speech; related to portraying human or animal figures, as opposed to abstract objects
Finesse
Extreme delicacy, subtlety, or diplomacy in handling a sensitive situation or in a performance or skill; use tact or diplomacy; employ a deceptive strategy
Flag
Get tired, lose enthusiasm; hang limply or droop
Fleeting
Passing quickly, transitory
Foment
Incite, instigate, stir up, promote the growth of; apply medicate liquid to a body part
Foreshadow
Indicate or suggest beforehand, presage
Forfeit
Surrender or lose as a result of an error, crime, or failure to fulfill an obligation
Fortify
Strengthen, invigorate, encourage
Fringe
On the margin, periphery; the people in a group who hold the most extreme views
Frugal
Economical, thrifty, not wasteful with money; inexpensive
Futile
Producing no useful result, ineffective; trivial or unimportant
Gainsay
Declare false, deny; oppose
Garrulous
Talkative, wordy, rambling
