Set 2 Flashcards by Abir Sharma

Elegy

(clergy => church => death)

sad song in memory of someone deceased

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Elicit

to provoke a response

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Eloquence

persuasive and articulate

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Empirical

based on evidence

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Emulate

try immitate

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Enervate

to drain out of energy

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Eminent

respected, well-known

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Engender

to cause; to give rise to

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Enhance

to improve the quality

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Entitlement

fact of having right over something

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Ephemeral

short lived, transient

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Equable

(equillibrium)

undisturbed, cool-tempered

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Equivocate

to say something ambiguously in order to deceive

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Erroneous

error, incorrect

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Erudite

having or showing great knowledge

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Eschew

to avoid or abstain from

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Esoteric

= arcane

secret, not known to many

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Estimable

deserving self respect

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Eulogy

memorial speech given at funeral

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Exacerbate

to worsen

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Exacting

(exciting)

demanding, challenging

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Exculpate

= exonerate, vindicate

to clear someone from accused charges

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Exonerate

= exculpate, vindicate

to clear someone from accused charges

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Exigent

urgent

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Expatiate

= explicate | to elaborate something in great detail

Explicate

= expatiate | to explain in detail

Exposition

a public show or fair | expo

Extraneous

irrelevant or superfluous | of external origin

Extrapolate

to predict the further outcomes based on current outcomes

Facetious

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour

Fallacious

relying on a fallacy and this incorrest/misinformed

Fastidious

= meticulous | very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

Fluctuate

to shift without any pattern

Foment

(comment) | to foster unrest or discontent

Forestall

to hold off or prevent something

Fortuitous

(fortune) | fortunate and lucky

Frugal

not spending much but spending wisely

Gainsay

(gay peple) | deny or oppose

Galvanize

(energize) | to poke someone into action

Garrulous

(carry minati) | talkative

Gauche

socially inept, inappropriate, awkward

Germane

relevant to the topic being discussed

Gregarious

fond of company; sociable

Guile

cunning, craft

Hackneyed

(hacking is very common these days) | cliche, banal

Hedonism

the pursuit of pleasure

Homogenous

uniform, identical

Hyperbole

obvious exaggeration

Iconoclast

one who attacks a tradition or religious belief

Imminent

just about to happen

Immutable

(mutation = change) | unchangable

Impair

to hinder, make something useless

Impediment

hinderance

Imperturbable

to remain calm in every situation

Implacable

merciless, unforgivable, relentless

Implicit

implied without stating directly

Imprudence

bad decision

Impudent

disrespectful

Inadvertent

accidentally, unintentionally

Inchoate

in the beginning, rudimentary

Indebted

to be in a big debt

Indefatigable

which cannot be tired

Indolent

(jo dolta nahi) | lazy, idle

Ingenuous

naive and innocent

Inimical

(enemy) | harmful or hostile

Innocuous

harmless

Inscrutable

(scrutiny) | impossible to understand or interpret

Insipid

lacking flavour, tasteless | bland

Insular

not interested with matters outside

Intimate

too close

Intractable

hard to control or deal with. | stubborn

Intransigent

uncompromising

Intrepid

bold and adventourous

Inveterate

irritable, touchy

Irresolute

showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain

Laconic

taciturn, reserved, saying little

Laud

to praise

Litigation

legal proceedings

Loquacious

(Lopa Mudra) | very talkative

Lucid

clear and coherent

Magnanimity

(magma comes out too much) | generosity

Maladroit

clumsy, awkward

Malign

(Mala) evil or harmful to speak negatively about someone

Malleable

easy to influence

Maverick

rebel

Mendacity

untruthfulness, dishonesty

Misanthrope

person who hates humanity

Mitigate

to improve a painful situtation

Mollify

placate | make (someone) less angry or hostile

Munificent

(money) | very generous

Nascent

in early stages

Nonplussed

confused and baffled

Notoriety

fame for doing something negative or criminal

Nuance

subtle shades of difference

Obdurate

stubborn

Obscure

mysterious, not well known

Obsequious

obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Obstinate

stubborn

Obviate

to forestall the need, to prevent

Occlude

to block or obstruct