Units 26-30

Question 1

efficacy, efficacious

Answer 1

n, efficiency; effectiveness adj

Question 2

effrontery

Answer 2

n, shameless boldness; presumptuousness

Question 3

egoism

Answer 3

n, the tendency to see things in relation to oneself

Question 4

egotistical

Answer 4

adj, excessively self-centered; conceited

Question 5

elegy

Answer 5

n, poem or song expressing lamentation

Question 6

elicit

Answer 6

v, to provoke; draw out

Question 7

elixir

Answer 7

n, a substance believed to have the power to cure ills

Question 8

elysian

Answer 8

adj, blissful; delightful

Question 9

emaciated

Answer 9

adj, thin and wasted

Question 10

embellish

Answer 10

v, to adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details

Question 11

emollient

Answer 11

adj, soothing; mollifying n, an agent that soothes or makes or acceptable

Question 12

empirical, empiricism

Answer 12

adj, derived from observation or experiment n, the view that experience is the only source of knowledge. It can also mean the employment of empirical methods, as in science

Question 13

emulate

Answer 13

v, to imitate; copy

Question 14

encomium

Answer 14

n, a formal expression of praise

Question 15

endemic

Answer 15

adj, inherent; belonging to an area

Question 16

enervate

Answer 16

v, to weaken

Question 17

engender

Answer 17

v, to cause; produce

Question 18

enhance

Answer 18

v, to increase, improve

Question 19

entomology

Answer 19

n, the scientific study of insects

Question 20

enunciate

Answer 20

v, to pronounce clearly

Question 21

ephemeral

Answer 21

adj, short-lived; fleeting

Question 22

epistemology

Answer 22

n, branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge

Question 23

equable

Answer 23

adj, steady; unvarying; serene

Question 24

equanimity

Answer 24

n, composure; calmness

Question 25

equivocate, equivocation

Answer 25

v, to intentionally use vague language n

Question 26

errant

Answer 26

adj, mistaken; straying from the proper course

Question 27

erudite, erudition

Answer 27

adj, learned; scholarly n

Question 28

esoteric

Answer 28

adj, hard to understand; known only to a few

Question 29

essay

Answer 29

v, to make an attempt; subject to a test

Question 30

estimable

Answer 30

adj, admirable; possible to estimate

Question 31

ethnocentric, ethnocentrism

Answer 31

adj, based on the attitude that one’s group is superior n

Question 32

etiology

Answer 32

n, causes of origins

Question 33

etymology

Answer 33

n, origin and history of a word

Question 34

eugenics

Answer 34

n, study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and way to improve these qualities

Question 35

eulogy

Answer 35

n, high praise, especially of a person who has recently died

Question 36

euphemism

Answer 36

n, use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of unpleasant or offensive language

Question 37

euphoria

Answer 37

n, a feeling of extreme happiness

Question 38

euthanasia

Answer 38

n, mercy killing

Question 39

evince

Answer 39

v, to show plainly; be an indication of

Question 40

evocative, evocation, evoke

Answer 40

adj, tending to call to mind or produce a reaction n v

Question 41

exacerbate

Answer 41

v, to aggravate; make worse

Question 42

exact, exacting

Answer 42

v, to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority adj, extremely demanding

Question 43

exculpate

Answer 43

v, to clear of blame, vindicate

Question 44

execrable

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adj, detestable; abhorrent

Question 45

exhort

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v, to urge by strong appeals

Question 46

exigency

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n, crisis; urgent requirements

Question 47

existential

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adj, having to do with existence; based on experience

Question 48

exorcise

Answer 48

v, to expel evil spirits; free from bad influences

Question 49

expatiate

Answer 49

v, to speak or write in length

Question 50

expatriate

Answer 50

v, to send into exile n, a person living outside his own land adj