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33 Cards in this Set
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DURESS
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forcibly restraint, illegally
Eg: Keep under duress |
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DYSPEPTIC
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suffering from indigestion
Eg: She suffered from dyspeptic after eating McDonalds |
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EARTHY
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unrefined, coarse
Eg: I don't call those remarks constructively frank but embarrassing earthy ones |
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EBB
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recede, lessen
Eg: the tide ebb |
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ECCLESIASTIC
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pertaining to the church
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EFFIGY
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dummy
Eg: to hang/burn someone in effigy |
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EDICT
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decree, official command
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EFFECTUAL
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able to produce desired effects
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EFFERVESCENCE
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inner excitement or exuberrance
Eg: she has a natural effervescence that makes her a jaunty and jolly person |
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EFFETE
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lacking vigor, worn out, sterile
EG: I feel embarrassed as my love for him has become an effete one |
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EFFLUVIUM
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noxious smell
Eg: With overpopulation and overpollution, Hanoi has been a city of hubbur and effluvium, yet, I still love it |
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EFFUSION
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pouring frouth, gushing
unrestrained action or emotions |
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EFFUSIVE
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pouring fourth
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EGREGIOUS
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notorious
Eg: She was a egregious liar |
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EGRESS
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exit
Eg: To the egress |
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EJACULATION
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exclamation
Eg:an ejaculation of surprise/happiness |
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ELIXIR
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cure-all, smt invigorating
Eg: After the test and the dreadful and tedious process of application, the news of accepting with finaids into Princetion acted on her as an elixir |
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ELLIPSIS
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ommison of words from text
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ELYSIAN
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blissful, relating to paradise
EG: When in crisis, I just need to escape into my imagniary elysian world with a knoll by a stream, under my own conifer tree |
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EMACIATED
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thin, wasted
Eg: After 2 weeks sailing, instead of becoming a glutton with all the luxurious international cussion, I became emaciated |
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EMANATE
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issue forth
Eg: the odor emanated from the bathroom nauseate us all |
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EMBRYONIC
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undeveloped, redimentary
Eg: It is only under a embryonic stage |
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EMEND
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correct, usually a text
Eg: He tried to emend the manuscript before it first public appearance |
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EMENDATION
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correction of errors, improvement
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EMETIC
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substance cause vommitE
Eg: Fish can be an emetic that severely nauseate me |
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EMINENT
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high, lofty
Eg: To exalted to a eminent position |
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EMISSARY
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agent, messenger
Eg: the president speical emissary |
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EMOLUMENT
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salary
Eg: It is just a normal job with a decent emolument |
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ENAMORED
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in love
Eg:I feel like I am so enamored with this new dress |
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ENCLAVE
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Eg: Vatican enclaved in italy
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ENCOMIASTIC
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prasing, eulogistics
Eg: An encomiastic statement |
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ENCOMIUM
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high praise, eulogy
Eg:He expressed great encomium towards me that infact inpluses me |
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ENCROACHMENT
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gradual intrusion
Eg: The encroachment of industrial land into farming land really giving the poor farmers a hard times |
