Set E Flashcards
earnest (adjective)
keen, passionate, enthusiastic
economical (adjective)
sparing, careful, not wasteful
elect (verb)
to choose
elude (verb)
avoid, escape:
Dan had the good fortune to elude the enemy and reach the safety of the village.
embrace (verb)
to hug
empire (noun)
realm, kingdom
employ (verb)
to use, to give work to
endeavour (verb)
to try
endure (verb)
to suffer, to put up with:
Several unfortunate children have to endure a lesson with Claire every week.
enterprise (noun)
project:
Raising money for the homeless was a joint enterprise between Scarlett and her friends.
entire (adjective)
complete, whole:
The entire audience stood to applaud Amelia’s performance.
entirely (adverb)
completely
erect (verb)
to build, to construct
errand (noun)
task, mission
estimate (1. noun 2. verb)
- an intelligent guess
2. to make an intelligent guess
evident (adjective)
obvious:
It was evident that Claire was embarrassed when her face turned bright red.
exclaim (verb)
to cry out
expel (verb)
to banish, to drive away, to reject
expense (noun)
cost
extended (adjective)
lengthened
exterior (noun)
outside
extract (noun)
excerpt, small part of a longer piece of writing:
Honor was asked to read an extract from her favourite book.
extract (verb)
to take out:
The dentist had to extract a tooth.
