Word Smart Vocabulary 8

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effusion

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a pouring forth

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effusive

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highly emotional

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egalitarian

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(adj.) believing in the social and economic equality of all people/ (n.) used to characterize a person who advocates egalitarianism

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egocentric

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selfish; believing that one is the center of everything

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egoist

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an egocentric person

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egotist

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another type of egocentric: an egoist who tells everyone how wonderful he is

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egregious

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extremely bad; flagrant (for things that are worse than bad)

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elicit

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to bring out; to call forth

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illicit

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contrary to accepted morality; illegitimate; illegal; forbidden

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elliptical

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oval; missing a word or words; obscure; describes a statement that is hard to understand either because something is missing or the writer is trying to be hard to understand

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elusive

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hard to pin down; evasive

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elude

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to avoid, evade, or escape

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emigrate

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to move to a new country; to move to a new place to live; to expatriate (out of a particular place)

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migrate

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to move from one place or country to another

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immigrate

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to arrive in one country from another

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eminent

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well-known and respected; standing out from all others in quality or accomplishment; outstanding

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imminent

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close in time; about to occur

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empirical

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relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical

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emulate

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to strive to equal or excel, usually through imitation

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encroach

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to make gradual or stealthy inroads into; to trespass

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endemic

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native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous

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enervate

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to reduce the strength or energy of, especially to do so gradually

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enfranchise

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to grant the privileges of citizenship, especially the right to vote

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disfranchise

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to take away the privileges of citizenship or the right to vote

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engender

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to bring into existence; to create; to cause

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enigma

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a mystery

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enormity

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immensity; (but main meaning is:) extreme evil; a hideous offense

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ephemeral

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lasting a very short time

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epigram

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a brief and usually witty or satirical saying

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epigraph

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an apt quotation placed at the beginning of a book or essay

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epitaph

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a commemorative inscription on a grave

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epithet

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a term used to characterize the nature of something; sometimes a disparaging term used to describe a person

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epitome

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a brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole; the perfect example of something; a paradigm

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equanimity

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composure; calm

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equitable

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fair

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equity

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fairness

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inequity

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unfairness

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iniquity

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unfairness implying wickedness

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equivocal

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ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way

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equivocate

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to mislead by saying confusing or ambiguous things

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erudite (ER yoo dyte)

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scholarly; deeply learned

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erudition (er yoo DISH un)

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extensive knowledge

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esoteric

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hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar

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espouse

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to support; to advocate

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ethereal

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heavenly; as light and insubstantial as a gas or ether

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euphemism

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a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one

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evanescent

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fleeting; vanishing; happening for only the briefest period

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exacerbate

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to make worse

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exacting

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extremely demanding; difficult; requiring great skill or care

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exalt

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to raise high; to glorify

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exasperate

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to annoy thoroughly; to make very angry; to try the patience of

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exemplify

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to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example

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exemplar

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an ideal model or a paradigm

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exemplary

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outstanding or worthy of imitation

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exhaustive

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thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking

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exhort

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to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to

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hortatory

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exhorting: urging or warning strongly

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exigency

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an emergency; an urgency

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exigent

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urgent

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existential

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having to do with existence; having to do with the body of thought called existentialism, which basically holds that human beings are responsible for their own actions but is otherwise too complicated to summarize in a single sentence

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exonerate

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to free completely from blame; to exculpate

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expatriate

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to throw (someone) out of his or her native land; to move away from one's native land; to emigrate

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expedient

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(adj.) providing an immediate advantage; serving one's immediate self-interest; practical (n.)something expedient

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expedience/expediency

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practicality, being especially suited to a particular goal

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repatriate

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(adj.) to return to one's native citizenship (n.) one who does so