Section 3 Flashcards
Enigmatic
Full of mystery and difficult to understand
Emulate
To try to be like
Ennui
Lack of spirit or interest
Ephemeral
Lasting a very short time; fleeting
Epicure
A person who appreciates fine food and drink
Equivocate
Using unclear language to mislead someone
Erudition
Impressive knowledge that is learned by studying
Esoteric
Taught of understood by a small group
Espouse
To marry or to take up/support a cause
Ethereal
Otherworldly; heaven; celestial
Extol
To praise highly
Fatuous
Foolish or stupid
Fecund
Able to produce many offspring or vegetation
Felicity
Great happiness
Fetid
Having a string, unpleasant smell
Flippant
Lacking proper respect or seriousness
Florid
Too fancy
Furtive
Done in a quiet, secret way so as to not be noticed
Foible
A minor fault in someone’s character or behavior
Garish
Too bright or colorful
Garner
To gather
Guile
The use of clever and usually dishonest methods to achieve something
Hedonism
Pleasure seeking
Heretic
Someone who believes or teaches something that goes against accepted belief
Hiatus
A long break
Histrionic
Too emotional or dramatic
Hoary
Very old or unoriginal
Iconoclasm
Criticism or opposition to beliefs or practices that are widely accepted
Impervious
Not bothered or affected by
Immutable
Unable to be changed