Vocab 141-160 Flashcards
Elusive
Evasive, baffling, hard to pin down
Elucidate
To explain; to make clear and understandable
Eminent
Distinguished as being above others by birth, station talent, or virtue; standing out, notable
Emulate
To strive to equal or excel; to rival
Encroach
To gradually invade another’s property, business, etc..; trespass
Enervate
To sap the strength and energy of; to unnerve
Engender
To cause to develop; to bring forth; to produce
Enormity
Immensity (also; extreme wickedness; outrageous act or offense
Equanimity
Composure, self-possession, calm
Equivocal
Ambiguous; intentionally confusing; wavering in meaning
Erudite
Scholarly, learned, polished
Espouse
To take up a cause; to embrace, promote
Etiology
Science or description of causes, especially of disease
Euphemism
An inoffensive expression substituted for one that might offend or upset
Exacerbate
To aggregate a condition, make worse