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24 Cards in this Set
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effluvia
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n. waste; odorous fumes given off by waste
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elegy
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n. a mournful poem, usually about the dead
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elude
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v. to avoid cleverly, to escape the perception of
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emollient
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adj. soothing, especially to the skin
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emulate
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v. to strive to equal or excel, to imitate
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encumber
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v. to weigh down, to burden
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enjoin
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v. to direct or impose with urgent appeal, to order with emphasis; to forbid
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epochal
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adj. momentous, highly significant
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eponymous
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adj. giving one's name to a place, book, restaurant
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equivocate
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v. to avoid committing oneself in what one says, to be deliberately unclear
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ersatz
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adj. being an artificial and inferior substitute or imitation
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eschew
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v. to shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful)
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espouse
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v. to take up and support as a cause; to marry
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espy
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v. to catch sight of, glimpse
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euphemism
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n. an inoffensive and agreeable expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive
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euthanasia
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n. the practice of ending the life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide
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excoriate
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v. to censure scathingly; to express strong disapproval of
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exponent
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n. one who champions or advocates
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expound
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v. to explain or describe in detail
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expunge
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v. to erase, eliminate completely
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extirpate
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v. to root out, eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly
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extrapolation
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n. the use of known data and information to determine what will happen in the future; prediction
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extrinsic
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adj. external, unessential; originating from the outside
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extrude
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v. to form or shape something by pushing it out, to force out, especially through a small opening
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