Word List E

Question 0

Ebb (v.)

Answer 0

Recede, lessen. Sitting on the beach. Mrs. Dalloway watched the tide ebb: the waters receded, drawing away from her as she sat there all alone.

Question 1

Earthy (adj.)

Answer 1

Unrefined; coarse. His earthy remarks often embarrassed the women in his audience.

Question 2

Ebullient (adj.)

Answer 2

Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm. Amy’s ebullient nature could not be repressed; she was always bubbling over with excitement.

Question 3

Eccentric (adj.)

Answer 3

Irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre. The comet veered dangerously close to the earth in its eccentric orbit. People came up with some eccentric ideas for dealing with the emergency: one kook suggested tying a knot in the comet’s tail.

Question 4

Eccentricity (n.)

Answer 4

Oddity; idiosyncrasy. Some of his friends tried to account for his rudeness to strangers as the eccentricity of genius.