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Word List 8
ELA Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Equator | The imaginary line around the earth at an equal distance from the North and South poles |
| Equestrian | Of horse riding; Of, relating to, or composed of knights; One who rides on horseback |
| Equilibrium | A state of balance or equality between opposing forces |
| Equitable | Dealing fairly |
| Equivalent | Equal in quantity, value, meaning, etc. |
| Equivocal | Subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse; Of uncertain nature or classification, undecided |
| Equivocator | A respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer |
| Eradicate | To tear out by the roots; Uproot; To exterminate |
| Erode | To eat into or away by slow destruction of substance; to undergo erosion |
| Erratic | Irregular; Random; Wandering; Eccentric; Queer |
| Erratically | In an erratic and unpredictable manner |
| Erudite | Learned; Scholarly |
| Erudition | Extensive knowledge acquired chiefly form books |
| Escalate | To make a conflict more serious; To grow or increase rapidly |
| Escapism | The tendency to escape from daily realities by means of entertainment |
| Eschew | To shun; Avoid; Abstain from |
| Esoteric | Beyond the understanding or knowledge of most people |
| Espouse | To take up; Support; Advocate |
| Essentially | Basically |
| Estimable | Worthy of great respect; Capable of being estimated |
| Estrange | To alienate the affections |
| Estranged | Alienated |
| Ethereal | Of or like the ether; Very light; Airy |
| Ethnic | Of a national, racial or tribal group that has a common culture tradition |
| Ethos | The characteristic and distinguishing attitudes, habits, beliefs of an individual or of a group |
| Eulogistic | Praising highly; Laudatory |
| Eulogize | To praise highly in speech or writing |
| Euphemism | The act or example of substituting a mild, indirect or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive |
| Euphemistic | Using or of the nature of a euphemism |
| Euphonious | Having a pleasant sound; Harmonious |
| Euphoric | Feeling very happy and excited |
| Evade | To avoid or escape by deceit or cleverness; Elude; To avoid facing up to |
| Evaluation | The determined or fixed value of |
| Evanescent | Vanishing; Ephemeral; Transient |
| Evasive | Tending or intended to evade |
| Evenhanded | Fair and impartial |
| Evenetful | Full of or rich in events; Momentous |
| Eventual | Ultimately resulting |
| Evergreen | Having foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season |
| Evil | Sinful; Wicked; Something that brings sorrow, distress, or calamity |
| Evince | To show plainly; Indicate; Make manifest |
| Eviscerate | To remove the viscera from; Disembowel; To deprive of vital content or force |
| Evocative | Tending to evoke |
| Evoke | To draw forth or elicit; To call forth or summon a spirit |
| Exacerbate | To aggravate disease, pain, annoyance, etc. |
| Exaggerate | To overstate; To overemphasize; Intensify |
| Exaggeration | Overstatement |
| Exalted | Having a very high rand and highly respected |
| Exasperation | The state of being exasperated; The act or an instance of exasperating |
| Excavate | To make a hole or cavity in; To uncover or expose |
| Excess | Lack of moderation; Intemperance |
| Excessive | Exceeding what is usual, proper, necessary, or normal |
| Excessively | Overly |
| Excise | To remove by cutting out or away |
| Excite | To call to activity; To rouse to an emotional response; To energize |
| Exclusive | Single and sole; Not shared or divided |
| Execute | To carry out; To kill somebody as a legal punishment |
| Exemplar | One that serves as a model or example |
| Exemplary | Serving as an example; Deserving imitation |
| Exemplify | To be a typical example of something |
| Exempt | Not subject to a rule or obligation; To free from a rule or obligation |
| Exert | To apply with great energy or straining effort |
| Exhale | To breathe out |
| Exhuast | To make somebody very tired |
| Exhaustiveness | The quality of being thorough, complete, and comprehensive, including all possible aspects or details |
| Exhilarate | To make cheerful; To animate |
| Exhilaration | The feeling or the state of being exhilarated |
| Exigency | That which is required in a particular situation |
| Exodus | A mass departure or emigration |
| Exonerate | To relieve form an obligation; To clear from guilt; Absolve |
| Exoneration | A freeing or clearing from a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| Exorbitant | Exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason |
| Exotic | Not native; Foreign; Strikingly unusual |
| Expand | To increase in extent, scope, or volume |
| Expediency | Advantageousness; A regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just |
| Expedient | A temporary means to an end; Useful, helpful, or advisable |
| Expeditiously | Promptly and efficiently |
| Expertise | The skill, knowledge, judgment of an expert |
| Explanatory | Serving to explain |
| Explicate | To make clear or explicit; Explain fully |
| Explicit | Distinctly expressed; Definite; Fully developed and formulated |
| Explicitly | In a clear and detailed manner, leaving no room for confusion or doubt; Graphically and vividly |
| Exploit | To make use of meanly or unfairly for one's own advantage; To utilize productively |
| Explore | To investigate, study, or analyze; To travel over for adventure of discovery; To make or conduct a systematic search |
| Exposition | Detailed explanation; a public exhibition or show |
| Expository | Explanatory; Serving to explain |
| Exposure | Action of exposing or state of being exposed |
| Expressly | Explicitly; Particularly |
| Exquisite | Elaborately made; Delicate; Consummate; Perfected |
| Extant | Currently or actually existing |
| Extend | To make something longer or larger; To stretch out the body or a limb at full length; To stretch out in time |
| Extension | The action of extending; An enlargement in scope or operation |
| Extensive | Having wide or considerable extent |
| Exterminate | To wipe out; eradicate |
| Extinct | No longer in existence |
| Extinction | The process of eliminating or reducing a conditioned response by not reinforcing it |
| Extol | To praise highly; Laud |
| Extract | To take something out with effort or by force; To forcefully obtain money or information |
| Extraneous | Coming from outside; Not pertinent |
| Extrapolate | To speculate |
| Extravagance | The quality or fact of being extravagant |
| Extremity | The utmost degree; A moment marked by imminent destruction of death |
| Extricable | Capable of being freed from difficulty |
| Exuberant | Very lively and cheerful; Of plant; Produced in extreme abundance |
| Fabricate | To make up for the purpose of deception; To construct; Manufacture |
| Facetious | Joking or jesting often inappropriately |
| Facile | Easily accomplished or attained; Superficial |
| Facilitate | To make easy or easier |
| Factorable | Capable of being factored |
| Factual | Restricted to or based on fact |
| Faddish | Having the nature of a fad |
| Fade | To lose brightness, color, vigor, freshness |
| Fallacious | Misleading or deceptive; Erroneous |
| Fallible | Liable to be erroneous |
| Fallow | Cultivated land that is allowed to lie idle during the growing season; Left uncultivated or unplanted |
| Falsify | To alter a record, etc. fraudulently; To tell falsehoods; Lie |
| Falter | To walk unsteadily; Stumble; To stammer |
| Fanatic | Marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion; A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm |
| Fanciful | Marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination |
| Fantasy | Imagination or fancy |
| Farce | An exaggerated comedy |
| Far-reaching | Having a wide influence |
| Fascinate | To charm; Captivate; Attract |
| Fascinating | Extremely interesting or charming |
| Fast | The practice of very |
| Fastidious | Not easy to please; Very critical or discriminating |
| Fault | Mistake; A fracture in the crust of a planet |
| Favorable | Helpful; Showing approval |
| Fearsome | Causing fear |
| Feckless | Inefficient; Irresponsible |
| Fecund | Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; Intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree |
| Feign | To make a false show of; Pretend |
| Feigned | Pretended; Simulated |
| Feminist | A person who supports and promotes women's rights |
| Ferment | To cause fermentation in; To excite; Agitate |
| Ferocity | The quality or state of being ferocious |
| Ferromagnetic | Having a high susceptibility to magnetization, the strength of which depends on that of the applied magnetizing field, and which may persist after removal of the applied field |
| Fertilize | To make soil productive |
| Fertilizer | Natural or artificial substance added to soil to make it more productive |
| Fervent | Very hot; Exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling |
| Fervid | Extremely hot; Marked by great passion |
| Fervor | Great warmth of emotion; Ardor |
| Festive | Of, relating to or suitable for a feast or festival |
| Fetid | Having a heavy offensive |
| Fickle | Changeable or unstable especially in affection; Inconstant |
| Fickleness | Inconstancy |
| Fictitious | Not real; False; Imaginary; Fabulous |
| Figment | Something merely imagined |
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