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Vocab Quiz #23
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Distend | Extend; swell out |
| Dupe | Someone easily fooled |
| Ebullient | Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm |
| Edify | Instruct; correct morally |
| Efface | Rub out |
| Effervesce | Inner excitement or exuberance; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation |
| Elegy | Poem or song expressing lamination |
| Elicit | Draw out by discussion |
| Elucidate | Explain; enlighten |
| Emaciated | Thin and wasted |
| Emend | Correct; correct by a critic |
| Equanimity | Calmness of temperament; composure |
| Equitable | Fair; impartial |
| Evanescent | Fleeting; vanishing |
| Excerpt | Selected passage |
| Fallow | Plowed but not sowed; uncultivated |
| Falter | Hesitate |
| Fathom | comprehend; investigate |
| Fell | cut or knock down; bringing down |
| Fitful | spasmodic; intermittent |