ecstatic
intensely and overpoweringly happy
edict
an order, decree
effulgent
radiant, splendorous
egregious
extremely bad
elegy
a speech given in honor of a dead person
emaciated
very thin
emend
to correct or revise a written text
empirical
based on observation or experience
emulate
to imitate
encore
the audience’s demand for a repeat performance; also the artist’s
performance in response to that demand
enervate
to weaken, exhaust
enfranchise
to grant the vote to
engender
to bring about, create, generate
enigmatic
mystifying, cryptic
ennui
boredom, weariness
ephemeral
short-lived, fleeting
epistolary
relating to or contained in letters
equanimity
composure
erudite
learned
espouse
take up as a cause, support
etymology
origin and development
exacerbate
to make more violent, intense
exonerate
to free from guilt or blame, exculpate
exorbitant
excessive
