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Vocab Builder 11
Holy Moley its a flying canolie!!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| boredom | ennui |
| hugeness in a bad sense | enormity |
| please intensely | enrapture |
| settle comfortably | ensconce |
| capture; enslave | enthrall |
| real being | entity |
| entrace | entree |
| businessman; contractor | entrepreneur |
| enclose; surround | environ |
| short-lived; fleeting | ephemeral |
| connoisseur of food and drink | epicure |
| person who devotes oneself to pleasures of the senses, especially food | epicurean |
| witty thought or saying, usually short | epigram |
| short speech at conclusion of dramatic work | epilogue |
| inscription in memory of a dead person | epitaph |
| descriptive word or phrase | epithet |
| summary; concise abstract | epitome |
| period of time | epoch |
| tranquil; steady; uniform | equable |
| calmness of temperament | equanimity |
| rider on horseback | equestrian |
| period of equal days and nights; the beginning of Spring and Autumn | equinox |
| horse-drawn carriage | equipage |
| fairness; justice | equity |
| doubtful; ambiguous | equivocal |
| lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth | equivocate |
| eat away | erode |
| wandering | errant |
| learned; scholarly | erudite |
| prank; flighty conduct | escapade |
| avoid | eschew |
| shield-shaped surface on which coat of arms is placed | escutcheon |
| known only to the chosen few | esoteric |
| spying | espionage |
| comradeship | esprit de corps |
| separated | estranged |
| light; heavenly; fine | ethereal |
| relating to races | ethnic |
| praising | eulogistic |
| praise | eulogy |
| mild expression in place of an unpleasant one | euphemism |
| pleasing in sound | euphonious |
| fleeting; vanishing | evanescent |
| not frank; eluding | evasive |
| show clearly | evince |
| call forth | evoke |
| water pitcher | ewer |
| exorbitant demand; extortion | exaction |
| vex | exasperate |
| treasury | exchequer |
| clear from blame | exculpate |
| very bad | execrable |
| serving as a model; outstanding | exemplary |
| urge | exhort |
| dig out of the ground; remove from a grave | exhume |
| urgent situation | exigency |
| small; minute | exiguous |
| departure | exodus |
| acquit; exculpate | exonerate |
| excessive | exorbitant |
| not native; strange | exotic |
| talk at length | expatiate |
| exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land | expatriate |
| that which is advisable or practical | expediency |
| rapidly and efficiently | expeditiously |
| make amends for a sin | expiate |
| remonstrance | expostulation |
| cancel; remove | expunge |
| clean; remove offensive parts of a book | expurgate |
| still in existence | extant |
| not planned; impromptu | extemporaneous |
| weaken; mitigate | extenuate |
| root up | extirpate |
| praise; glorigy | extol |
| wring from; get money by threats | extort |
| surrender of prisoner by one state to another | extradition |
| not essential; external | extraneous |
| free; disentangle | extricate |
| external; not inherent; foreign | extrinsic |
| person interested mostly in external objects and actions | extrovert |
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