Vocab E

Question 1

Ebullient

Answer 1

Bubbling over with enthusiasm, exuberant

Question 2

Eclat

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Edifying

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Efficacious

Answer 4

Acting effectively, producing the desired effect or result.

Question 5

Effrontery

Answer 5

brazen boldness, impudence, insolence.

Question 6

Effusive

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Egalitarian

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Eke

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Elan

Answer 9

vivacity, enthusiasm, vigor

Question 10

Elite

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Eloquent

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Eminent

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Empirical

Answer 13

based on observation or experience rather than theory

Question 14

Enclave

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Endemic

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Enervate

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Engender

Answer 17

to produce, give rise to, bring into existence.

Question 18

Enigma

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Enormity

Answer 19

Excessive wickedness,

Question 20

Ephemeral

Answer 20

lasting only a very short time, transitory.

Question 21

Epicurean

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Epitome

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Equanimity

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Equivocate

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Eradicate

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Erratic

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Erudite

Answer 27

having or showing great learning; profoundly educated, scholarly.

Question 28

Ethos

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Eulogy

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Euphoria

Answer 30

a feeling of well-being or high spirits.

Question 31

Evince

Answer 31

to show or demonstrate clearly; to make evident.

Question 32

Exacerbate

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Exculpate

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Exigent

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Exorbitant

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Expedient

Answer 36

appropriate for a purpose, a suitable means to an end

Question 37

Expunge

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Extenuate

Answer 38

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