Vocab E Flashcards

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Ebullient

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Bubbling over with enthusiasm, exuberant

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Eclat

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Conspicuous success; great acclaim or applause; brilliant performance or achievement.

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Edifying

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enlightening or uplifting with the aim of improving intellectual or moral development; instructing, improving

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4
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Efficacious

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Acting effectively, producing the desired effect or result.

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5
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Effrontery

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brazen boldness, impudence, insolence.

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Effusive

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expressing emotions in an unrestrained or excessive way; profuse, overflowing, gushy.

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Egalitarian

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characterized by or affirming the principle of equal political, social, civil, and economic rights for all persons.

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Eke

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to get or supplement with great effort or strain; to earn or accomplish laboriously

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Elan

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vivacity, enthusiasm, vigor

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Elite

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the best or most skilled members of a social group or class/ a person or group regarded as superior.

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Eloquent

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expressing strong emotions or arguments in a powerful, fluent, and persuasive manner.

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Eminent

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towering above or more prominent than others, lofty; standing above others in quality, character, reputation

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Empirical

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based on observation or experience rather than theory

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14
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Enclave

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a distinct territory lying wholly within the boundaries of another, larger territory.

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Endemic

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prevalent in or characteristic of a specific area or group of people.

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16
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Enervate

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to weaken, deprive of strength or vitality, to make feeble or impotent.

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Engender

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to produce, give rise to, bring into existence.

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Enigma

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something that is puzzling or difficult to understand; a perplexing or inexplicable thing that cannot be explained.

19
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Enormity

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Excessive wickedness,

20
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Ephemeral

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lasting only a very short time, transitory.

21
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Epicurean

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a person devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and luxury, Especially the enjoyment of good food and comfort.

22
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Epitome

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something or someone that embodies a particular quality or characteristic, a representative example or a typical model.

23
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Equanimity

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calmness of temperament, even-temperedness; patience and composure, especially under stressful circumstances.

24
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Equivocate

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to use unclear or ambiguous language in order to mislead or conceal the truth

25
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Eradicate

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to root out and utterly destroy; to annihilate, exterminate.

26
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Erratic

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moving or behaving in an irregular, uneven, or inconsistent manner

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Erudite

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having or showing great learning; profoundly educated, scholarly.

28
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Ethos

A

the spirit, attitude, disposition or beliefs characteristic of a community, epoch, region,
etc.

29
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Eulogy

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a formal speech or piece of writing in praise of someone or something.

30
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Euphoria

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a feeling of well-being or high spirits.

31
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Evince

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to show or demonstrate clearly; to make evident.

32
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Exacerbate

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to make worse; to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of.

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Exculpate

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to free from blame, to clear from a charge of guilt.

34
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Exigent

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urgent, requiring immediate action or attention, critical / requiring much
effort or precision, demanding.

35
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Exorbitant

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greatly exceeding the bounds of what is normal or reasonable; inordinate and excessive.

36
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Expedient

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appropriate for a purpose, a suitable means to an end

37
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Expunge

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to wipe or rub out, delete; to eliminate completely, annihilate.

38
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Extenuate

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to reduce the strength or lessen the seriousness of, to try to partially excuse

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