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Boda Vocab 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Duplicity (n) | deceitful in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double |
| Ebullient (adj.) | overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high |
| Eclectic (adj.) | choosing the best from the variety of sources |
| Edify (v) | to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift |
| Egregious (adj.) | extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant; shockingly bad |
| Elicit (v) | to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke |
| Encroach (v) | to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads; trespass |
| Endemic (adj.) | natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous |
| Enervate (v) | to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken |
| Ephemeral (adj.) | lasting a very short time; short |
| Epitome (n) | a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class; a brief summary that captures the whole of a plot |
| Erudite (adj.) | characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly |
| Esoteric (adj.) | understood by or meant for only the select few who have special interest or knowledge; recondite |
| Ethereal (adj.) | light, airy, or tenuous; extremely delicate or refined; heavenly or celestial |
| Evanescent (adj.) | vanishing; fading away; fleeting; momentarily and very brief |
| Exacerbate (v) | to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate; to make or cause to become worse |
| Extraneous (adj.) | unnecessary or irrelevant |
| Extrapolate (v) | to infer from something that is known; conjecture |
| Extricate (v) | to free or release from entanglement; disengage |
| Facetious (adj.) | not meant to be taken seriously or literally |