Units 26-30

Question 1

*efficacy, n.

Answer 1

efficiency; effeciveness

Question 2

*effrontery, n.

Answer 2

shameless boldness; presumptuousness

Question 3

egoism, n.

Answer 3

the tendency to see things in relation to oneself; self-centeredness

Question 4

egotistical, adj.

Answer 4

excessively self-centered; conceited

Question 5

*elegy, n.

Answer 5

poem or song expressing lamentation

Question 6

*elicit, v.

Answer 6

to provoke; draw out

Question 7

elixir, n.

Answer 7

substance believed to have the power to cure ills

Question 8

Elysian, adj.

Answer 8

blissful; delightful

Question 9

emaciated, adj.

Answer 9

thing and wasted

Question 10

*embellish, v.

Answer 10

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

Question 11

emollient, adj.

Answer 11

soothing; mollifying

Question 12

*empirical, adj.

Answer 12

derived from observation or experiment

Question 13

*emulate, v.

Answer 13

to imitate; copy

Question 14

encomium, n.

Answer 14

a formal expression of praise

Question 15

*endemic, adj.

Answer 15

inherent; belonging to an area

Question 16

*enervate, v.

Answer 16

to weaken

Question 17

engender, v.

Answer 17

to cause; produce

Question 18

enhance, v.

Answer 18

to increase; improve

Question 19

entomology, n.

Answer 19

the scientific study of insects

Question 20

enunciate, v.

Answer 20

to pronounce clearly

Question 21

*ephemeral, adj.

Answer 21

short-lived; fleeting

Question 22

epistemology, n.

Answer 22

branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge

Question 23

equable, adj.

Answer 23

steady; unvarying; serene

Question 24

*equanimity, n.

Answer 24

composure; calmness

Question 25

*equivocate, v.

Answer 25

to intentionally use vague language

Question 26

errant, adj.

Answer 26

mistaken; straying from the proper course

Question 27

*erudite, adj.

Answer 27

learned; scholarly

Question 28

*esoteric, adj.

Answer 28

hard to understand; known only to a few

Question 29

essay, v.

Answer 29

to make an attempt; subject to a test

Question 30

estimable, adj.

Answer 30

admirable; possible to estimate

Question 31

ethnocentric, adj.

Answer 31

based on the attitude that one’s group is superior

Question 32

etiology, n.

Answer 32

causes or origins

Question 33

etymology, n.

Answer 33

origin and history of a word

Question 34

eugenics, n.

Answer 34

study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve these qualities

Question 35

eulogy, n.

Answer 35

high praise, especially of a person who has recently died

Question 36

*euphemism, n.

Answer 36

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

Question 37

euphoria, n.

Answer 37

a feeling of extreme happiness

Question 38

euthanasia, n.

Answer 38

mercy killing

Question 39

evince, v.

Answer 39

to show plainly; be an indication of

Question 40

evocative, adj.

Answer 40

tending to call to mind or produce a reaction

Question 41

*exacerbate, v.

Answer 41

to aggravate; make worse

Question 42

exact, v.

Answer 42

to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority

Question 43

*exculpate, v.

Answer 43

to clear of blame; vindicate

Question 44

*execrable, adj.

Answer 44

detestable; abhorrent

Question 45

exhort, v.

Answer 45

to urge by strong appeals

Question 46

*exigency, n.

Answer 46

crisis; urgent requirements

Question 47

*existential, adj.

Answer 47

having to do with existence; based on experience; having to do with the philosophy of existentialism

Question 48

exorcise, v.

Answer 48

to expel evil spirits; free from bad influences

Question 49

expatiate, v.

Answer 49

to speak or write at length

Question 50

expatriate, v.

Answer 50

to send into exile