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33 Cards in this Set
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prolific
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abundantly fruitful
a prolific writer produces a lot of books |
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prolix
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way too wordy
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encumber
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burden
encumbered with debt |
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endemic
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prevailing among a group of people or in a specific area
malaria is endemic in Africa |
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endue
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provide with a quality; endow
he was endued with a lion's courage |
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enervate
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weaken
the hot weather enervated her |
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engender
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cause; produce
his works engendered a revolt |
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enjoin
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command; order; forbid
the enjoined the union from picketing the plant |
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enrapture
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please intensely
the audience was enraptured |
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ensconce
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settle comfortably
she ensconced herself in her favorite armchair |
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entree
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entrance; a way in
he had entree into the exclusive club |
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environ
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enclose; surround
Paris was environed by a wall |
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epaulet
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ornament worn on the shoulder of a uniform
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epicure
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connoisseur of food and drink
epicures frequent this sushi restaurant |
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epigram
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witty thought or saying, usually short
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episodic
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loosely connected
an episodic account of the war |
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epistemologist
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philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge
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epithet
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word to describe a person
Charles the Wise and James the Fat |
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equable
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tranquil; steady; uniform
she found the climate of the island equable and pleasant |
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equanimity
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calmness of temperment; composure
she confronts the crisis with equanimity |
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equine
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resembling a horse
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equinox
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period of equal days and nights; beginning of spring and fall
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equipoise
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balance; balancing force; equilibrium
the acrobat uses the pole as an equipoise to walk across the wire |
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equivocal
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ambiguous; misleading
the equivocal comments on tax reform were meant to mislead opposite of unequivocally |
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equivocate
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lie; mislead
they saw through his attempts to equivocate on the subject |
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escapade
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prank
they couldn't ignore this escapade |
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eschew
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avoid
he eschewed from political involvement |
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espouse
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adopt; support
she was ready to espouse a worthy cause |
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ethereal
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light; heavenly
ethereal beauty |
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ethnology
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study of humankind
ETHNIC |
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ethos
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underlying character of a culture, group
the values of the Spanish ethos |
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etymology
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study of word parts
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eulogistic
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praising
the eulogy was eulogistic towards the dead man |