Top GRE WORDS "E" & "F" Flashcards
ELOQUENT
Persuasive and moving, especially in speech.
Ex: The Gettysburg Address is moving not only because of its lofty sentiments but also because of its ELOQUENT words.
EMULATE
To copy; to try to equal or excel
Even: The graduate student sought to EMULATE his professor in every way, copying not only how he taught but also how she conducted herself outside of class.
ENERVATE
To reduce in strength.
Ex: The guerrillas hope that a series of surprise attacks would ENERVATE the regular army.
ENGENDER
To produce; cause; or bring about.
Ex: His fear and hatred of clowns was ENGENDERED when he witnessed the death of his father at the hands of a clown.
ERUDITE
Learned, scholarly, bookish.
Ex: the annual meeting of philosophy professors was a gathering of the most ERUDITE, well-published individuals in the field.
ESOTERIC
Known or understood by only a few.
Ex: Only a handful of experts are knowledgeable about the ESOTERIC world of particle physics.
ECLECTIC
Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources.
Ex: Budapest’s architecture is an ECLECTIC mix of Eastern and Western styles.
EUPHEMISM
Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one.
Ex: The funeral director preferred to use the EUPHEMISM sleeping instead of the word dead.
EXIGENT
Urgent; requiring immediate action.
Ex: The patient was losing blood so rapidly that it was EXIGENT to stop the source of bleeding.
FAWN
To grovel.
Ex: The understudy FAWNED over the director in hopes of being cast in the part on a permanent basis.
FRUGALITY
The tendency to be thrifty or cheap.
Ex: Scrooge McDuck’s FRUGALITY was so great that he accumulated enough wealth to fill a giant storehouse with money.
