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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- expanse
- n. A continuous area or stretch.
- expansion
- n. Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like.
- expatriate
- v. To drive from one's own country.
- expect
- v. To look forward to as certain or probable.
- expectancy
- n. The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable.
- expectorate
- v. To cough up and spit forth.
- expediency
- n. Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case.
- expedient
- adj. Contributing to personal advantage.
- expedite
- v. To hasten the movement or progress of.
- expeditious
- adj. Speedy.
- expend
- v. To spend.
- expense
- n. The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength.
- expiate
- v. To make satisfaction or amends for.
- explicate
- v. To clear from involvement.
- explicit
- adj. Definite.
- explode
- v. To cause to burst in pieces by force from within.
- explosion
- n. A sudden and violent outbreak.
- explosive
- adj. Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak.
- exposition
- n. Formal presentation.
- expository
- adj. Pertaining to a formal presentation.
- expostulate
- v. To discuss.
- exposure
- n. An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass.
- expressive
- adj. Full of meaning.
- expulsion
- n. Forcible ejection.
- extant
- adj. Still existing and known.
- extemporaneous
- adj. Done or made without much or any preparation.
- extensible
- adj. Capable of being thrust out.
- extension
- n. A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope.
- extensive
- adj. Extended widely in space, time, or scope.
- extensor
- n. A muscle that causes extension.
- extenuate
- v. To diminish the gravity or importance of.
- exterior
- n. That which is outside.
- external
- n. Anything relating or belonging to the outside.
- extinct
- adj. Being no longer in existence.
- extinguish
- v. To render extinct.
- extol
- v. To praise in the highest terms.
- extort
- v. To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity.
- extortion
- n. The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion.
- extradite
- v. To surrender the custody of.
- extradition
- n. The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government.
- extrajudicial
- adj. Happening out of court.
- extraneous
- adj. Having no essential relation to a subject.
- extraordinary
- adj. Unusual.
- extravagance
- n. Undue expenditure of money.
- extravagant
- adj. Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure.
- extremist
- n. One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.
- extremity
- n. The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position.
- extricate
- v. Disentangle.
- extrude
- v. To drive out or away.
- exuberance
- n. Rich supply.
- exuberant
- adj. Marked by great plentifulness.