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43 Cards in this Set
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Ebullient
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bubbling with excitement
- She was ebullient when her father said she could go to the party. |
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Eclectic
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choosing the best from many sources
- His taste in art was eclectic. |
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Edify
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to enlighten
- We found the pastor's sermon edifying. |
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Efface
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to erase
- The vandals effaced the painting by rubbing it down with sand paper. |
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Effusion
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pouring forth
- There was an effusion of emotion after the child was rescued. |
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Egalitarian
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believing in the social and economic equality of all people.
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egregious
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extremely bad
- The mother's egregious neglect led to her child's disappearance. |
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elliptical
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missing a word or words or obscure
- The elliptical statement was hard to understand. |
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Elusive
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hard to pin down
- The answer to the problem was elusive. |
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Emigrate
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to leave a country permanently
- Pierre emigrated France. |
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Emperical
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relying on experience or observation
- The scientists need emperical evidence that aliens exist. |
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Emulate
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to strive to equal or excel
- The young boy emulated his brother. |
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Encroach
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to trespass
- As the city grew, it encroached into the countryside. |
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Endemic
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native; indigenous
- The plant was endemic to the island of Tahiti. |
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Enervate
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to reduce the strength or energy of
- He felt enervated after his long workout. |
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Enfranchise
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to grant the privilages of citizenship - the right to vote
- In the U.S. citizens are enfranchised on their 18th birthday. |
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Engender
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to create
- The girl engendered discontent among her co-workers. |
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Enigma
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mystery
- The wizard spoke in riddles and enigmas. |
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Enormity
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extreme evil offense
- Hitler's army commited one enormity after another. |
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Ephemeral
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lasting a very short time
- Their friendship was ephemeral. |
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Equanimity
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composure; calm
- She dealt with the situation with equanimity. |
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Equitable
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fair
- The divorce settlement was equitable. |
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Equivocal
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ambiguous; intentionally confusing
- Joe's response was equivocal; we couldn't tell what he meant. |
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Erudite
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scholarly
- The professor had a tendancy to say erudite things. |
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Esoteric
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hard to understand
- The author's books were esoteric. |
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Espouse
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to support
- Alex espoused many causes. |
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Ethereal
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heavenly
- The dream was ethereal. |
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Euphemism
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a pleasant expression used in place of an unpleasant one
- He had many euphemisms; "crossing over" was his way of saying death. |
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Evanescent
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vanishing
- Meteors are evanescent. |
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Exacerbate
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to make worse
- She had a way of exacerbating every situation. |
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Exacting
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extremely demanding
- The exacting math teacher took away points for even minor errors. |
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Exalt
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to glorify
- The manager exalted the batboy by placing him in the team's opening game. |
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Exhort
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to give a serious warning to
- The forest ranger exhorted us not to go into the cave. |
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Exigency
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emergency; urgency
- He couldn't make it to work because of a family exigency. |
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Existential
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having to do with existence
- It was a existential experience. |
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Exonerate
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to free completely from blame
- The defendent was exonerated after his friend testified on his behalf. |
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Expatriate
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to throw someone out of his or her native land
- The rebels were expatriated by the general. |
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Expedient
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providing an immediate advantage
- Delivering the package early proved to be expedient. |
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Extol
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to praise highly
- The millionaire extolled the citizen who returned his gold watch. |
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Extraneous
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unnecessary
- There was a lot of extraneous material in the book. |
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Extrapolate
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to project or deduce from something known.
- His estimates were extrapolatd from last year's data. |
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Extricate
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to free from difficulty
- He extricated himself from his job by pretending to be sick. |
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Exult
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to celebrate
- They were exultant after their victory. |
