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30 Cards in this Set
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Edify; verb
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to instruct morally and spiritually
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Efface; verb
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to erase or make illegible
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Efficacious; adj
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effective, efficient
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Effigy; noun
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stuffed doll; likeness of a person
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Effrontery; noun
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impudent boldness; audacity
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Effulgent; adj
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brilliantly shining
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Effusive; adj
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expressing emotion without restraint
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Egregious; adj
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conspicuausly bad
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Egress; noun
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exit
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Elucidate; date
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to explain, claify
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Endemic; adj
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belonging to a particular area; in herent
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Enervate; verb
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to weaken, sap strength from
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Engender; verb
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to produce, cause, bring about
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Enmity; noun
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hostility, antagonism, ill will
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Ennui; noun
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boredom, lack of interest and energy
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Ensconce; verb
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to settle comfortably into a place
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Entreat; verb
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to plead, beg
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Ephemeral; adj
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momentary, transient, fleeting
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Epicure; noun
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a person with refined taste in cuisine
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Epigram; noun
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short, witty saying or poem
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Equanimity; noun
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calmness, composure
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Erudite; adj
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learned, scholarly
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Esoteric; adj
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understood by only a learned few
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Ethereal; adj
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not earthly, spiritual; delicate
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Ethos; noun
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belief or character of a group
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Evanescent; adj
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momentary, transitory, short-lived
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Evince; verb
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to show clearly, display, signify
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Exacerbate; verb
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to aggravate; to intensify the bad qualities of
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Exculpate; verb
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to clear of blame or fault, vindicate
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Execrable; adj
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utterly detestable, abhorrent
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