"E" Flashcards

(54 cards)

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Ebullient

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Boiling

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Eccentric

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Irregular

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Eclectic

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Choosing the best from many sources

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Edify

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To enlighten

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Efface

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To erase

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Effusion

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A pouring fourth

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Egalitarian

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Believing in the social and economic equality of all people

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Egocentric

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Selfish

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Egregious

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Extremely bad

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Elicit

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To bring out

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Elliptical

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Oval

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Elusive

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Hard to pin down

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Emigrate

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To leave a country permanently

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Eminent

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Well-known

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Empirical

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Relying on experience

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Emulate

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To strive to equal

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Encroach

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To trespass

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Endemic

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Native

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Enervate

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To reduce the sterength or energy of

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Enfranchise

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To grant the privileges of citizenship

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Engender

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To create

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Enigma

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Enormity

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time

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Epigram
A brief and usually witty or satirical saying
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Epitome
The perfect example of something
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Equanimity
Calm
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Equitable
Fair
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Equivocal
Ambiguous
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Erudite
Deeply learned
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Esoteric
Hard to understand
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Espouse
To support
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Ethereal
Heavenly
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Euphemism
A pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one
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Evanescent
Vanishing
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Exacerbate
To make worse
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Exacting
Difficult
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Exalt
To glorify
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Exasperate
To make very angry
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Exemplify
To illustrate by example
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Exhaustive
Thorough
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Exhort
To give a serious warning to
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Exigency
An emergency
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Existential
Having to do with existence
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Exonerate
to free completely from blame
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Expatriate
To move away from one's native land
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Expedient
Providing an immediate advantage
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Expedite
To speed up or ease the progress of
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Explicit
Clearly and directly expressed
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Extol
To praise highly
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Extraneous
Unnecessary
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Extrapolate
To infer
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Extricate
To free from difficulty
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Exult
To celebrate