WEEK 2 AVID VOCAB QUIZ Flashcards by lesly Perez | Brainscape

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Elegy

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Mournful poem, usually about the dead

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Elicit

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To draw out, provoke

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Eloquence

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Fluent and effective speech

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Elucidate

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To explain, clarify

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Emaciated

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Skinny, scrawny, gaunt, esp. from hunger

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Emancipate

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To set free, liberate

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Embellish

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To ornament, make attractive with decoration or details; add details to a statement

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Enigmatic

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Puzzling, inexplicable

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Embroil

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To involve in; cause to fail into disorder

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Emend

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To correct a text

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Eminent

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Celebrated, distinguished; outstanding towering

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Emollient

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Having soothing qualities, especially for skin

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Emulate

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To copy, imitate

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Encumber

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To hinder, burden, restrict, motion

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Endemic

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Belonging to a particular area, inherent

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Engender

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To produce, cause, bring about

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Enmity

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Hostility