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GRE Vocab5
E words/GRE Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Ebullient | exhilarated; full of enthusiam and high spirits |
Eclectic | selecting from or made up from a variety of soures |
Edify | to instruct morally and spiritually |
Efficacy | effectiveness |
Effigy | stuffed doll; likeness of a person |
Effrontery | impudent boldness; audacity |
Elegy | a sorrowful poem or speech |
Eloquent | persuassive and moving, espcially in speech |
Embellish | to add ornamental or fictitious details |
Emulate | to copy; to try to equal or excel |
Encomium | warm praise |
Endemic | belinging to a particular area; inherent |
Enervate | to reduce in strength |
Engender | to produce, cause, or bring about |
Enigma | a puzzle; a mystery |
Enumerate | to count, list, or itemize |
Ephemeral | lasting a short time |
Epicure | person with refined taste in food and wine |
Equivocate | to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
Erratic | wandering and unpredictable |
Ersatz | fake |
Erudite | learned; scholarly; bookish |
Eschew | to shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful) |
Esoteric | known or understood only by a few |
Estimable | admirable |
Ethos | beliefs or character of a group |
Eulogy | speech in praise of someone |
Euphemism | use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
Euphony | pleasant, harmonious sound |
Exacerbate | to make worse |
Exculpate | to clear from blame; prove innocent |
Exigent | urgent; requiring immediate action |
Exonerate | to clear of blame |
Explicit | clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression |
Exponent | one who champions or advocates |
Exprugate | to censor |