Unit 26

Question 1

Efficacy

Answer 1

(n) efficiency; effectiveness
- Efficacious (adj)

e.g. A cardinal rule of medicine is that the efficacy of a treatment should be measured against the seriousness of its side effects.

Question 2

Effrontery

Answer 2

(n) shameless boldness; presumptuousness

e. g. In her essay the student had the effrontery to argue that school is largely a waste of time.

Question 3

Egoism

Answer 3

(n) The tendency to see things in relation to oneself; self-centeredness
e. g. The beginning of the philosophy has been described as a moving away from egoism to an understanding of the larger world.

Question 4

Egotistical

Answer 4

(adj) excessively self-centered; conceited

e. g. The critics accused the writer of being egotistical since she wrote only about herself.

Question 5

Elegy

Answer 5

(n) poem or sing expressing lamentation

Question 6

Elicit

Answer 6

(v) to provoke; draw out

e. g. The Socratic method is designed to elicit responses that guide the student toward understanding.

Question 7

Elixir

Answer 7

(n) a substance believed to have powers to cure ills
e. g. The doctor said that his prescription would help to alleviate my condition but that I could not expect it to be an elixir.

Question 8

Elysian

Answer 8

(adj) blissful; delightful

e. g. Elysian visions.

Question 9

Emaciated

Answer 9

(adj) thin and wasted

e. g. The prisoner was emaciated after being fed only bread and water for three months.

Question 10

Embellish

Answer 10

(v) to adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details
e. g. The story he had been told so powerful that the writer felt no need to embellish it.