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M. Thomas Vocab 9-10
Vocab Lesson 9-10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| emissary | a person sent on a mission to represent another; an agent or messenger |
| encore | a further performance given on audience demand |
| entice | to tempt; to lure; to attract |
| epic | a long poem about the adventures of a great hero |
| equation | a statement of equality; a process of making equal |
| eradicate | to remove all traces of; to erase; to uproot; to eliminate |
| essence | the fundamental nature of something; a defining feature; an extract of a substance |
| evict | to force a person by law to leave a building the person has rented or leased |
| exasperate | to irritate or annoy greatly |
| expend | to use up; to spend |
| disrupt | to disturb or interfere with the order or process of; to break apart, to split up |
| dissuade | to persuade someone not to do something; to discourage |
| docile | easy to mange or teach; obedient |
| drastic | severe; extreme; harsh |
| dubious | causing doubt; uncertain; questionable |
| dupe | a person easily deceived or tricked; to deceive someone |
| dwindle | to become less and less; to decrease; to shrink |
| elapse | to slip away or to pass (used of time) |
| elude | to escape from or to avoid, using quickness; to escape the understanding of |
| emerge | to come into view; to become visible; to become known |