Vocab day 9 part 2

Question 1

emaciated

Answer 1

abnormally thin and weak, especially due to some illness.

Question 2

efficacy

Answer 2

efficiency

Question 3

effrontery

Answer 3

shameless boldness

Question 4

egoism

Answer 4

tendency to see things in relation to one self

Question 5

egotistical

Answer 5

excessively self centered

Question 6

elegy

Answer 6

poem expressing lamentation

Question 7

elicit

Answer 7

to draw out, to provoke

Question 8

elixir

Answer 8

a substance believed to have the power to cure every illness

Question 9

elysian

Answer 9

blissful, delightful

Question 10

embellish

Answer 10

to adorn

Question 11

emollient

Answer 11

mollifying

Question 12

enervate

Answer 12

to weaken

Question 13

emulate

Answer 13

to imitate,to copy

Question 14

endemic

Answer 14

belonging to an area

Question 15

enunciate

Answer 15

to pronounce clearly

Question 16

entomology

Answer 16

the scientific study of insects

Question 17

enhance

Answer 17

to improve

Question 18

engender

Answer 18

to cause, to give rise to,
to make happen, to bring into existence.
“learning engenders understanding, hatred engenders vengence”

Question 19

encomium

Answer 19

high praise in a formal way.

Question 20

empirical

Answer 20

based on experiments, something that can be measured physically not just theoretical.

Question 21

essay

Answer 21

1. short written piece of information,
2. an attempt, effort, try
   “This was her first essay at something she didn’t worked on before”

Question 22

esoteric

Answer 22

hard to understand, known to only a few

Question 23

erudite

Answer 23

learned, scholarly

“Great erudition does not necessarily mean that a person is sagacious”

Question 24

errant

Answer 24

straying from ordinary course

Question 25

equivocate / equivocation

Answer 25

to intentionally use vague language | syn: obfuscate

Question 26

equable

Answer 26

1. not easily disturbed or angered; calm and even-tempered. 2. not varying easily, calm, serene, steady "the president was equable throughout the crisis" "equable and equitable are 2 different words meaning steady and just/fair/impartial respectively"

Question 27

equaminity

Answer 27

calmness, composure | "Emergency nurses and doctors are trained to maintain their equanimity when treating a patient"

Question 28

ephemeral

Answer 28

short lived, fleeting

Question 29

epistemology

Answer 29

aye-piss-taye-mology e-piss-te-mology 1. branch of philosophy

Question 30

estimable

Answer 30

possibleto estimate

Question 31

expatriate

Answer 31

x-pay-tree-ate | to send into exile

Question 32

expatiate

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to speak/write at lengths | "every year a famous author is invited to expatiate on the novels"

Question 33

exorcise

Answer 33

to expel evil spirits, to remove bad influence

Question 34

existential

Answer 34

having to do with existence

Question 35

exigency

Answer 35

exi-gency-> urgency-> urgent requirements

Question 36

exculpurate

Answer 36

ex-culpurate-> he was an ex-culpurate-> to become clear of blame-> ex - blame.

Question 37

exact

Answer 37

adjective : not approximated in any way; precise. verb : demand and obtain (something) from someone.

Question 38

exacerbate

Answer 38

to make worst

Question 39

exhort

Answer 39

to strongly encourage someone to do something

Question 40

execrable

Answer 40

extremely bad or unpleasant. | syn: atrocious, abhorrent

Question 41

eulogy

Answer 41

high praise

Question 42

euphoria

Answer 42

feeling of extreme happiness

Question 43

etymology

Answer 43

origin and history of a word

Question 44

ethnocentric

Answer 44

based on the altitude that one's group is superior

Question 45

etiology

Answer 45

causes or origin | "etiology of mental illness is very difficult as it can develop due to variegated reasons"

Question 46

eugencies

Answer 46

study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of human race and alter it. Eugenics is the scientifically erroneous and immoral theory of “racial improvement” and “planned breeding,” erroneous-> wrong

Question 47

euphemism

Answer 47

use of agreeable o inoffensive language in place of offensive and unpleasant language

Question 48

euthanasia

Answer 48

mercy killing. | Euthanasia is the act of deliberately ending a person's life to relieve suffering.

Question 49

evince

Answer 49

reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling); indicate. | "the students answer on the teacher question evinced his ignorance for the subject"

Question 50

evocation

Answer 50

The act of bringing or recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind.