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WS quick quiz 36-40
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ebullient | boiling; bubbling with excitement; exuberant; |
| eccentric | not conventional; a little kooky; irregular |
| eclectic | choosing the best from many sources; drawn from many sources |
| edify | to enlighten; to instruct, especially in moral or religious matters |
| efface | to erase; to rub away the features of |
| effusion | a pouring forth |
| egalitarian | believing in the social and economic equality of all people |
| egocentric | selfish; believing that one is the center of everything |
| egregious | extremely bad; flagrant |
| elicit | to bring out; to call forth |
| elliptical | oval; missing a word or words; obscure |
| elusive | hard to pin down; evasive |
| emigrate | to move to a new country; to move a new place to live; to expatriate |
| empirical | relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel, usually through imitation |
| encroach | to make gradual or stealthy inroads into; to trespass |
| endemic | native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous |
| enervate | to reduce the strength or energy of, especially to do so gradually |
| enfranchise | to grant the privileges of citizenship, especially the right to vote |
| engender | to bring into existence; to create; to cause |
| enigma | a mystery |
| enormity | extreme evil; a hideous offense; immensity |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| epigram | a brief and usually witty or satirical saying |
| epitome | a brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole; the perfect example of something; a paradigm |
| equanimity | composure; calm |
| equitable | fair |
| equivocal | ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way |
| erudite | scholarly; deeply learned |
| esoteric | hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar |
| espouse | to support; to advocate |
| ethereal | heavenly, as light and insubstantial as a gas or ether |
| euphemism | a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one |
| evanescent | fleeting; vanishing; happening for only the briefest period |
| exacerbate | to make worse |
| exacting | extremely demanding; difficult; requiring great skill or care |
| exalt | to raise high; to glorify |
| exasperate | to annoy thoroughly; to make very angry; to try the patience of |
| exemplify | to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example |
| exhaustive | thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking |
| exhort | to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to |
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