Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
36 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
ebullient |
exhilarated; overly enthusiastic |
|
|
eclectic |
selecting from various sources |
|
|
effervescence |
state of high spirits or liveliness; process of bubbling as gas escapes |
|
|
effete |
depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent |
|
|
effrontery |
shameless; boldness; presenptuousness |
|
|
elegy |
poem or song expressing lamentation |
|
|
elicit |
to provoke; draw out |
|
|
elysian |
delightful; blissful |
|
|
emaciated |
thin and wasted |
|
|
emollient |
soothing; mollifying |
|
|
empirical |
derived from observation or experiment |
|
|
encomium |
a formal expression of praise |
|
|
enervate |
to weaken |
|
|
engender |
to cause; produce |
|
|
ephemeral |
short-lived; fleeting |
|
|
equable |
steady; unvarying; serene |
|
|
equanimity |
composure; calmness |
|
|
equivocate |
intentionally use vague language |
|
|
errant |
mistaken; straying from the proper course |
|
|
erudite |
learned; scholarly |
|
|
esoteric |
hard to understand; known only to a few |
|
|
estimable |
admirable; possible to estimate |
|
|
evince |
to show plainly; be an indication of |
|
|
evocative |
tending to call to mind or produce as reaction |
|
|
exculpate |
to clear of blame; vindicate |
|
|
execrable |
extremely bad or unpleasant |
|
|
exhort |
to urge by strong appeals |
|
|
exigency |
crisis; urgent requirements |
|
|
expatiate |
to speak or write at length |
|
|
expatriate |
to send into exile |
|
|
expiate |
to atone for |
|
|
extant |
in existence; not lost |
|
|
extemporaneous |
unrehearsed |
|
|
extirpate |
to root up; to destroy |
|
|
extrapolation |
the act of estimation by projecting known information |
|
|
extrinsic |
not inherent or essential |
