word smart list 40

Question 1

esoteric

Answer 1

adj. hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar

Question 2

espouse

Answer 2

v. to support; to advocate

Question 3

ethereal

Answer 3

adj. heavenly; as light and insubstantial as a gas or ether

Question 4

euphemism

Answer 4

n. a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of

an unpleasant or offensive one

Question 5

evanescent

Answer 5

b. adj. fleeting; vanishing; happening for only the briefest period

Question 6

exacerbate

Answer 6

v. to make worse

Question 7

exacting

Answer 7

adj. extremely demanding; difficult; requiring great skill or care

Question 8

exalt

Answer 8

v. to raise high; to glorify

Question 9

exasperate

Answer 9

v. to annoying thoroughly; to make very angry; to try the patience of

Question 10

exemplify

Answer 10

v to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example

Question 11

exhaustive

Answer 11

adj. thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking

Question 12

exhort

Answer 12

v. to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to