Vocab E Flashcards

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Edifying

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Adj enlightening, informative

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Ebullience

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Adj the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

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Efficacy

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N the ability to produce N intended result

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Effrontery

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N extreme boldness; presumptuous ness

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Effusive

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Adj gushing; excessively demonstrative

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Egress

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N exit

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Elegy

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N a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead; any mournful writing or piece of music

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Eloquent

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Adj well-spoken; expressive; articulate

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Emollient

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Adjacent soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying

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Encomium

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N glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy

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Endemic

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Adj characteristic of or often found in particular locality, region, or people; restricted to it peculiar to that region

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Enervate

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V to weaken; reduce in vitality

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Engender

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V to cause, produce, give rise to

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Enigmatic

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Adj mysterious, obscure, difficult to understand

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Ennui

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(Ahn WEE)

N dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Enormity

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N excessive wickedness, evilness

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Ephemeral

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Adj brief; fleeting, short lived

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Epicure

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N one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in good and drink; gourmand, sybarite

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Episodic

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Adj loosely connected, not following logically, occurring at intervals

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Epithet

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N disparaging word or phrase

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Epitome

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N embodiment; uintessence

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Equanimity

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M composure, self-possession

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Equable

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Adj level; not able to be easily disturbed

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Equivocate

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V to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Errant

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Adj traveling, itinerant, peripatetic

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Erudite

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Adj very learned; scholarly

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Eschew

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V to shun or avoid

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Esoteric

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Adj intended for or understood by a small, specific group

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Essay

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V to test or try; attempt, experiment

N the attempt itself

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Estimable

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Adj worthy, formidable

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Evanescent

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Ask tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing

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Evince

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V to show clearly, to indicate

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Exacerbate

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V to make worse or more severe

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Exact

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V to demand, call for, require, take

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Excoriate

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V to censure scathingly, to upbraid

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Exculpate

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V exonerate; to clear of blame

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Exemplar

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N typical or standard specimen; paradigm, model

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Exhort

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V to incite, to make urgent appeals

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Exigent

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Adj urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

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Exonerate

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V to remove blame

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Expatiate

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V discuss or write about at length; to range freely

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Expiate

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V to atone or make amends for

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Expurgate

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V to remove obscenity, purify, censor

Purge- cleanse

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Extant

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Adj existing, not destroyed or lost

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Extemporaneous

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Adj improvised; done without preparation

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Extirpate

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V to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the rootS