vocab 7

Question 1

engulf

Answer 1

1. Engross (oneself) fully.
2. Flow over or cover completely

Question 2

enigma

Answer 2

1. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained.
2. A difficult problem.

Question 3

enmity

Answer 3

1. A state of deep-seated ill-will.
2. The feeling of a hostile person.
3. a feeling of hatred; animosity (HATRED)

Question 4

entice

Answer 4

1. Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion.
2. To lure;to attack with promise of some reward.

Question 5

entrepreneur

Answer 5

1. Someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it.

Question 6

enumerate

Answer 6

1. Specify individually.
2. Determine the number or amount of.

Question 7

envelope

Answer 7

1. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.
2. a folded paper used to mail something.

Question 8

eon

Answer 8

1. The longest division of geological time; two or more eras.
2. An immeasurably long period of time.

Question 9

ephemeral

Answer 9

1. Enduring a very short time.
2. short lived - passing away quickly

Question 10

epic

Answer 10

1. A long narrative poem telling of a hero’s deeds.
2. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.

Question 11

epigram

Answer 11

1. A witty saying.
2. a witty statement, short polished, pithy saying usually in verse, and often having a satiric or paradoxical twist at the end.

Question 12

epitaph

Answer 12

1. An inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there.
2. A summary statement of commemoration for a dead person.

Question 13

equanimity

Answer 13

1. Steadiness of mind under stress.
2. Composure; steadiness of mind under stress.

Question 14

era

Answer 14

1. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
2. A period of characterized by an important event.

Question 15

eradicate

Answer 15

1. Kill in large numbers.
2. Destroy completely, as if down to the roots.
3. To put an end to (something bad or undesirable); get rid of completely.

Question 16

erode

Answer 16

1. Become ground down or deteriorate
2. Remove soil or rock, as of wind or water.

Question 17

erratic

Answer 17

1. Having no fixed course.
2. Liable to sudden unpredictable change.
3. different from what is normally expected

Question 18

erudite

Answer 18

1. Having or showing profound knowledge.
2. scholarly, extremely learned, intellectual

Question 19

eschew

Answer 19

1. Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of.
2. to avoid, shun, keep away from

Question 20

esoteric

Answer 20

1. Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.
2. confidential; personal; private; privileged

Question 21

espouse

Answer 21

1. Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.
2. Take in marriage.
3. to give one’s loyalty or support

Question 22

essay

Answer 22

1. Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to.
2. a short report written on one, specific subject

Question 23

esteem

Answer 23

1. The condition of being
2. Regard highly; think much of.
3. A feeling of delighted approval and liking.

Question 24

eternal

Answer 24

1. A period of time that lasts forever and will never end.

Question 25

ethereal

Answer 25

1. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
2. Of heaven or the spirit
3. celestial, light and airy, angelic