Word List 8 E-I

Question 1

eddy

Answer 1

a current moving against the main current, swirling water

Question 2

effervescent

Answer 2

bubbly

Question 3

entreaty

Answer 3

request

Question 4

espouse

Answer 4

to support

Question 5

exhume

Answer 5

to dig up

Question 6

expiate

Answer 6

to make up for or to pay the penalty for

Question 7

extradite

Answer 7

to turn someone over to the law of another country

Question 8

exult

Answer 8

to rejoice greatly

Question 9

fatalist

Answer 9

someone who believes that life is predetermined

Question 10

ferret

Answer 10

to find by searching persistently

Question 11

foolhardy

Answer 11

foolishly bold, reckless

Question 12

gall

Answer 12

1. audacity, nerve

2. to anger

Question 13

gamely

Answer 13

enthusiastically, courageously

Question 14

girder

Answer 14

steel beam used for support in a building

Question 15

hallowed

Answer 15

holy

Question 16

ignominy

Answer 16

dishonor

Question 17

imperturbable

Answer 17

calm, difficult to upset

Question 18

impromptu

Answer 18

spontaneous, without rehearsal or preparation

Question 19

inane

Answer 19

silly, meaningless

Question 20

incensed

Answer 20

angry

Question 21

indelible

Answer 21

permanent, not erasable

Question 22

indolence

Answer 22

laziness, idleness

Question 23

inexorable

Answer 23

unstoppable

Question 24

insipid

Answer 24

dull, lacking in energy

Question 25

interloper

Answer 25

intruder, meddler

Question 26

irreproachable

Answer 26

blameless, beyond criticism