GRE E's

Question 1

e.g.

Answer 1

exempli gratia

Question 2

eccentric

Answer 2

peculiar, odd, deviating from the norm, esp. in a whimsical way

Question 3

eclectic

Answer 3

selecting the best of everything or from many diverse sources

Question 4

eclipse

Answer 4

the obscuring of one thing by another, such as the sun by the moon or a person by a more famous or talented person; to obscure, darken, make less important

Question 5

efficacy

Answer 5

The quality of being able to produce the intended effect

Question 6

egalitarian

Answer 6

related to belief in the equality of all people, esp. in political, economic, or social spheres

Question 7

egregious

Answer 7

extraordinarily or conspicuously bad; glaring

Question 8

elated

Answer 8

veyr happy, in high spirits

Question 9

elevate

Answer 9

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

Question 10

elicit

Answer 10

call forth, bring out, evoke

Question 11

eloquent

Answer 11

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

Question 12

embellish

Answer 12

decorate, add ornamentation; enhance a story with fictional o fanciful details

Question 13

eminent

Answer 13

prominent, distinguished, of high rank

Question 14

empirical

Answer 14

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

Question 15

emulate

Answer 15

copy in an attempt to equal or be better than

Question 16

enervate

Answer 16

tire out; weaken

Question 17

enhance

Answer 17

raise to a higher value, desirability

Question 18

enigma

Answer 18

puzzle, mystery, riddle

Question 19

entitlement

Answer 19

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

Question 20

enumerate

Answer 20

count or list; specify one-by-one

Question 21

ephemeral

Answer 21

lasting only a short time, fleeting

Question 22

equitable

Answer 22

fair, equal, just

Question 23

erratic

Answer 23

inconsistent, wandering having no fixed course

Question 24

erroneous

Answer 24

mistaken in error, improper, morally incorrect

Question 25

erudite

Answer 25

scholarly, knowledgeable; possessing deep, often systematic

Question 26

eschew

Answer 26

shun, avoid, abstain from

Question 27

esoteric

Answer 27

understood by or intended for only a few; secret

Question 28

estimable

Answer 28

worthy of esteem, admirable; able to be estimated

Question 29

eulogy

Answer 29

speech of praise or written work of praise

Question 30

exacerbate

Answer 30

make worse

Question 31

exacting

Answer 31

very severe in making demands; requiring precise attention

Question 32

exculpate

Answer 32

clear from guilt or blame

Question 33

exhaustive

Answer 33

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

Question 34

explicit

Answer 34

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

Question 35

exponent

Answer 35

person who expounds or explains; champion, advocate or representative

Question 36

extraneous

Answer 36

irrelevant; foreign, coming from without, not belonging

Question 37

extrapolate

Answer 37

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