Practice Words E-F Flashcards
Emulate
To copy; to try to equal or excel
Elegy
Sorrowful poem or speech
Enervate
To reduce in strength
Engender
To produce, cause, or bring about
Enigma
A puzzle; a mystery
Enumerate
To count, list, or memorize
Ephemeral
Lasting a short time
Equivocate
To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
Erratic
Wandering and unpredictable
Erudite
Learned, scholarly, bookish
Esoteric
Known or understood by only a few
Estimable
Admirable
Euphemism
Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
Exacerbate
To make worse
Exculpate
To clear from blame, prove innocent
Exigent
Urgent; requiring immediate action
Explicit
Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
Fanatical
Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
Fawn
To grovel
Fervid
Intensely emotional, feverish
Florid
Excessively decorated or embellished
Foment
To arouse or incite
Frugality
A tendency to be thrifty or cheap
