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- earnest adj
- Ardent in spirit and speech
- earthenware n
- Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun
- eatable adj
- Edible
- ebullient adj
- Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling
- eccentric adj
- Peculiar
- eccentricity n
- Idiosyncrasy
- eclipse n
- The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body
- economize v
- To spend sparingly
- ecstasy n
- Rapturous excitement or exaltation
- ecstatic adj
- Enraptured
- edible adj
- Suitable to be eaten
- edict n
- That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action
- edify v
- To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion
- editorial n
- An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument
- educe v
- To draw out
- efface v
- To obliterate
- effect n
- A consequence
- effective adj
- Fit for a destined purpose
- effectual adj
- Efficient
- effeminacy n
- Womanishness
- effeminate adj
- Having womanish traits or qualities
- effervesce v
- To bubble up
- effervescent adj
- Giving off bubbles of gas
- effete adj
- Exhausted, as having performed its functions
- efficacious adj
- Effective
- efficacy n
- The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it
- efficiency n
- The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty
- efficient adj
- Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results
- efflorescence n
- The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance
- efflorescent adj
- Opening in flower
- effluvium n
- A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter
- effrontery n
- Unblushing impudence
- effulgence n
- Splendor
- effuse v
- To pour forth
- effusion n
- an outpouring
- egoism n
- The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self
- egoist n
- One who advocates or practices egoism
- egotism n
- Self-conceit
- egotist n
- One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences
- egregious adj
- Extreme
- egress n
- Any place of exit
- eject v
- To expel
- elapse v
- To quietly terminate: said of time
- elasticity n
- That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed
- electrolysis n
- The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current
- electrotype n
- A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin
- elegy n
- A lyric poem lamenting the dead
- element n
- A component or essential part
- elicit v
- To educe or extract gradually or without violence
- eligible adj
- Qualified for selection
- eliminate v
- To separate and cast aside
- Elizabethan adj
- Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era
- elocution n
- The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading
- eloquent adj
- Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech
- elucidate v
- To bring out more clearly the facts concerning
- elude v
- To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice
- elusion n
- Evasion
- emaciate v
- To waste away in flesh
- emanate v
- To flow forth or proceed, as from some source
- emancipate v
- To release from bondage
- embargo n
- Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade
- embark v
- To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme
- embarrass v
- To render flustered or agitated
- embellish v
- To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features
- embezzle v
- To misappropriate secretly
- emblazon v
- To set forth publicly or in glowing terms
- emblem n
- A symbol
- embody v
- To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form
- embolden v
- To give courage to
- embolism n
- An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel
- embroil v
- To involve in dissension or strife
- emerge v
- To come into view or into existence
- emergence n
- A coming into view
- emergent adj
- Coming into view
- emeritus adj
- Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position
- emigrant n
- One who moves from one place to settle in another
- emigrate v
- To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another
- eminence n
- An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc
- eminent adj
- High in station, merit, or esteem
- emit v
- To send or give out
- emphasis n
- Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word
- emphasize v
- To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words
- emphatic adj
- Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words
- employee n
- One who works for wages or a salary
- employer n
- One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay
- emporium n
- A bazaar or shop
- empower v
- To delegate authority to
- emulate v
- To imitate with intent to equal or surpass
- enact v
- To make into law, as by legislative act
- enamor v
- To inspire with ardent love
- encamp v
- To pitch tents for a resting-place
- encomium n
- A formal or discriminating expression of praise
- encompass v
- To encircle
- encore n
- The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance
- encourage v
- To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind
- encroach v
- To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another
- encumber v
- To impede with obstacles
- encyclical adj
- Intended for general circulation
- encyclopedia n
- A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject
- endanger v
- To expose to peril
- endear v
- To cause to be loved
- endemic adj
- Peculiar to some specified country or people
- endue v
- To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual
- endurable adj
- Tolerable
- endurance n
- The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing
- energetic adj
- Working vigorously
- enervate v
- To render ineffective or inoperative
- enfeeble v
- To debilitate
- enfranchise v
- To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote
- engender v
- To produce
- engrave v
- To cut or carve in or upon some surface
- engross v
- To occupy completely
- enhance v
- To intensify
- enigma n
- A riddle
- enjoin v
- To command
- enkindle v
- To set on fire
- enlighten v
- To cause to see clearly
- enlist v
- To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment
- enmity n
- Hatred
- ennoble v
- To dignify
- enormity n
- Immensity
- enormous adj
- Gigantic
- enrage v
- To infuriate
- enrapture v
- To delight extravagantly or intensely
- enshrine v
- To keep sacred
- ensnare v
- To entrap
- entail v
- To involve; necessitate
- entangle v
- To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications
- enthrall v
- To bring or hold under any overmastering influence
- enthrone v
- To invest with sovereign power
- enthuse v
- To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling
- enthusiastic adj
- Full of zeal and fervor
- entirety n
- A complete thing
- entomology n
- The branch of zoology that treats of insects
- entrails n
- Pl The internal parts of an animal
- entreaty n
- An earnest request
- entree n
- The act of entering
- entrench v
- To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall
- entwine v
- To interweave
- enumerate v
- To name one by one
- epic n
- A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc
- epicure n
- One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking
- Epicurean adj
- Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite
- epicycle n
- A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle
- epicycloid n
- A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle
- epidemic n
- Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region
- epidermis n
- The outer skin
- epigram n
- A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation
- epilogue n
- The close of a narrative or dramatic poem
- epiphany n
- Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity
- episode n
- An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it
- epitaph n
- An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead
- epithet n
- Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas"
- epitome n
- A simplified representation
- epizootic adj
- Prevailing among animals
- epoch n
- A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events
- epode n
- A species of lyric poems
- equalize v
- To render uniform
- equanimity n
- Evenness of mind or temper
- equestrian adj
- Pertaining to horses or horsemanship
- equilibrium n
- A state of balance
- equitable adj
- Characterized by fairness
- equity n
- Fairness or impartiality
- equivalent adj
- Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like
- equivocal adj
- Ambiguous
- equivocate v
- To use words of double meaning
- eradicate v
- To destroy thoroughly
- errant adj
- Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds
- erratic adj
- Irregular
- erroneous adj
- Incorrect
- erudite adj
- Very-learned
- erudition n
- Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc
- eschew v
- To keep clear of
- espy v
- To keep close watch
- esquire n
- A title of dignity, office, or courtesy
- essence n
- That which makes a thing to be what it is
- esthetic adj
- Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts
- estimable adj
- Worthy of respect
- estrange v
- To alienate
- estuary n
- A wide lower part of a tidal river
- et cetera Latin
- And so forth
- eugenic adj
- Relating to the development and improvement of race
- eulogize v
- To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character
- eulogy n
- A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character
- euphemism n
- A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted
- euphonious adj
- Characterized by agreeableness of sound
- euphony n
- Agreeableness of sound
- eureka Greek
- I have found it
- evade v
- To avoid by artifice
- evanesce v
- To vanish gradually
- evanescent adj
- Fleeting
- evangelical adj
- Seeking the conversion of sinners
- evangelist n
- A preacher who goes from place to place holding services
- evasion n
- Escape
- eventual adj
- Ultimate
- evert v
- To turn inside out
- evict v
- To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree
- evidential adj
- Indicative
- evince v
- To make manifest or evident
- evoke v
- To call or summon forth
- evolution n
- Development or growth
- evolve v
- To unfold or expand
- exacerbate v
- To make more sharp, severe, or virulent
- exaggerate v
- To overstate
- exasperate v
- To excite great anger in
- excavate v
- To remove by digging or scooping out
- exceed v
- To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc
- excel v
- To be superior or distinguished
- excellence n
- Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities
- excellency n
- A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials
- excellent adj
- Possessing distinguished merit
- excerpt n
- An extract or selection from written or printed matter
- excess n
- That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience
- excitable adj
- Nervously high-strung
- excitation n
- Intensified emotion or action
- exclamation n
- An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling
- exclude v
- To shut out purposely or forcibly
- exclusion n
- Non-admission
- excrescence n
- Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development
- excretion n
- The getting rid of waste matter
- excruciate v
- To inflict severe pain or agony upon
- excursion n
- A journey
- excusable adj
- Justifiable
- execrable adj
- Abominable
- execration n
- An accursed thing
- executor n
- A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will
- exegesis n
- Biblical exposition or interpretation
- exemplar n
- A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated
- exemplary adj
- Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation
- exemplify v
- To show by example
- exempt adj
- Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others
- exert v
- To make an effort
- exhale v
- To breathe forth
- exhaust v
- To empty by draining off the contents
- exhaustible adj
- Causing or tending to cause exhaustion
- exhaustion n
- Deprivation of strength or energy
- exhaustive adj
- Thorough and complete in execution
- exhilarate v
- To fill with high or cheerful spirits
- exhume v
- To dig out of the earth (what has been buried)
- exigency n
- A critical period or condition
- exigent adj
- Urgent
- existence n
- Possession or continuance of being
- exit n
- A way or passage out
- exodus n
- A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people
- exonerate v
- To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame
- exorbitance n
- Extravagance or enormity
- exorbitant adj
- Going beyond usual and proper limits
- exorcise v
- To cast or drive out by religious or magical means
- exotic adj
- Foreign
- expand v
- To increase in range or scope