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Ebb
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to fade away, recede
2
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Ebullient
A
exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits
3
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Eccentric
A
abnormal, unconventional
4
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Eclectic
A
made up of elements from different sources
5
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Ecstasy
A
intense joy or delight
6
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Ecstatic
A
joyful
7
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Edict
A
law, command, official public order
8
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Edify
A
to instruct morally and spiritually
9
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Efface
A
to erase or make illegible
10
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Efficacious
A
effective, efficient
11
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Efficacy
A
effectiveness
12
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Efficient
A
effective with a minimum of unnecessary effort or waste
13
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Effigy
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stuffed doll, likeness of a person
14
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Effluvia
A
waste, odrous fumes given off by waste
15
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Effrontery
A
impudent boldness, audacity
16
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Effusive
A
expressing emotion without restraint
17
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Egotist
A
self-centered person
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Egregious
A
conspicuously bad
19
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Egress
A
exit
20
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Elate
A
to make joyful
21
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Elegy
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a mournful poem, usually about the dead
22
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Elevated
A
raised, increased
23
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Eliminate
A
get rid of, remove
24
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Elocutionist
A
trained public speaker
25
Eloquent
strongly expressing emotion
26
Elucidate
to explain, clarify
27
Elude
to avoid cleverly, to escape the perception of
28
Elusive
tending to evade
29
Embellish
to ornament, make attractive with decorations or details, add details to a statement
30
Embezzle
to steal money in violation of a trust
31
Embittered
resentful, cynical
32
Emend
to correct a text
33
Emigrate
to leave one country to live in another
34
Emissary
an agent sent as a representative
35
Emollient
soothing, especially to the skin
36
Empathy
identification with the feelings of others
37
Emphatic
forceful and definite
38
Emulate
to strive to equal or excel, to imitate
39
Enchant
attract and delight
40
Encomium
warm praise
41
Encompass
to constitute, include
42
Encroach
to infringe, intrude upon
43
Encumber
to weigh down, to burden
44
Endemic
belonging to a particular area, inherent
45
Endorse
to give approval to, sanction
46
Endurance
ability to withstand hardships
47
Endure
carry on despite hardships
48
Enduring
lasting, continuing
49
Enervate
to weaken, drain strength from
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Enforce
to compel others to adhere or observe
51
Enfranchise
set free
52
Engender
to produce, cause, or bring about
53
Enhance
to improve, bring to a greater level of intensity
54
Enigma
a puzzle, a mystery
55
Enigmatic
puzzling
56
Enjoin
to direct or impose with urgent appeal, to order with emphasis, to forbid
57
Enmity
hostility, antagonism, ill will
58
Ennui
boredom, lack of interest and energy
59
Ensconce
to settle comfortably into a place
60
Ensemble
group of parts that contribute to a whole single effect
61
Entangle
to complicate, entwine into a confusing mass, involve in
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Entreat
to plead, beg
63
Enumerate
to count, list, itemize
64
Ephemeral
momentary, transient, fleeting
65
Epicure
a person with refined taste in cuisine
66
Epigram
short, witty saying or poem
67
Epilogue
concluding section of a literary work
68
Epistolary
associated with letter writing
69
Epitaph
engraving on a tombstone, literary piece for a dead person
70
Epochal
momentous, highly significant
71
Eponymous
giving one's name to a place, book, restaurant
72
Equanimity
calmness, composure
73
Equitable
fair, just and impartial
74
Equivocate
to avoid committing oneself in what one says, to be deliberately unclear
75
Eradicate
to erase or wipe out
76
Erasure
the act or instance of erasing
77
Erosion
the process or condition of wearing away
78
Erratic
unpredictable, inconsistent
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Erroneously
mistakenly, inaccurately
80
Ersatz
being an artificial and inferior substitute or imitation
81
Erudite
learned, scholarly
82
Eschew
to shun, to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful)
83
Esoteric
understood by only a learned few
84
Espouse
to take up and support as a cause, to marry
85
Espy
to catch sight of, glimpse
86
Essential
something fundamental or indispensable
87
Estimable
admirable
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Ethereal
not earthly, spiritual, delicate
89
Ethical
moral, right-minded
90
Ethos
beliefs or character of a group
91
Eulogy
high praise for a person who has died
92
Euphemism
an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive
93
Euphony
pleasant, harmonious sound
94
Euphoria
a great feeling of happiness or well-being
95
Euthanasia
the practice of ending the life of hope-lessly ill individuals, assisted suicide
96
Evade
to avoid, dodge
97
Evaluate
to examine or judge carefully
98
Evanescent
momentary, transitory, short-lived
99
Evaporate
to vanish quickly
100
Evenhanded
fair, impartial
101
Evince
to show clearly, display, signify
102
Exacerbate
to agravate, intensify the bad qualities of
103
Exacting
requiring a lot of care or attention
104
Exaggerate
to represent something as greater than it actually is
105
Exalt
to glorify or honor
106
Exasperation
irritation
107
Exception
a case that doesn't conform to a generalization
108
Exclude
to prevent from being accepted or included
109
Excoriate
to censure scathingly, to express strong disapproval of
110
Exculpate
to clear of blame or fault, vindicate
111
Excursion
short journey, usually for pleasure
112
Execrable
utterly detestable, abhorrent
113
Exemplary
outstanding, an example to others
114
Exemplify
to show by example
115
Exhort
to urge or incite by strong appeals
116
Exhortation
speech that advises or pleads
117
Exhume
to remove from a grave, uncover from a secret
118
Exigent
urgent, excessively demanding
119
Exonerate
to clear of blame, absolve
120
Exorbitant
extravagant, greater than reasonable
121
Expedient
convenient, efficient, practical
122
Expedite
to speed up the progress of
123
Expertise
skill or knowledge in a particular area
124
Expiate
to atone for, make amends for
125
Explanatory
serving to make clear
126
Explicit
clearly stated or shown, forthright in expression
127
Exploit
take advantage of
128
Exponent
one who champions or advocates
129
Expound
to explain or describe in detail
130
Expropriate
forcibly take one's property
131
Expunge
to erase, eliminate completely
132
Expurgate
to erase, eliminate completely
133
Expurgae
to censor
134
Extant
still in existence
135
Extemporaneous
unrehearsed, on the spur of the moment
136
Extensive
large in range, comprehensive
137
Extenuating
partially excusing
138
Exterminate
destroy completely
139
External
outer part
140
Extirpate
to root out, eradicate, literally or figuratively, tod estroy wholly
141
Extol
to praise
142
Extrapolation
using known data and information to determine what will happen in the future, prediction
143
Extravagant
unreasonably high, exorbitant
144
Extreme
very intense, of the greatest severity
145
Extricate
to free from, disentangle
146
Extrinsic
external, unessential, originating from the outside
147
Extroverted
outgoing, easily talks to others
148
Extrude
to form or shape something by pushing it out, to force out, especially through a small opening
149
Exultant
triumphant
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