Quarter #4 Vocabulary Words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Emit | to send or give out; to express, utter |
| Emulate | to attempt to equal or surpass; especially through imitation. |
| Endure | to carry on through despite hardships; to put up with |
| Engulf | to surround or enclose completely |
| Engage | to put in a rage; infuriate, anger |
| Enrapture | to delight, to thrill or give pleasure |
| Ensemble | a coordinated outfit or costume; a musical group |
| Entice | to lure, to attract, to tempt in a pleasing fashion |
| Entomb | to place in or as if in a tomb, or a grave |
| Entomology | the scientific study of insects |
| Entreat | to ask earnestly, to implore, plead, beg |
| Erudite | deeply learned, scholarly |
| Euphonious | pleasing to the ear |
| Evade | to elude or avoid by cunning, to flee from a pursuer |
| Exhume | to dig up from a grave, to bring to light, uncover |
| Facilitate | to make easier, to help bring about |
| Fathom | to understand fully, to penetrate the meaning of |
| Fawn | to show affection |
| Feign | to give a false appearance, to pretend |
| Fester | to generate pus, to become a source of resentment or irritation |
| Evoke | to summon forth, call to mind, awaken, produce, suggest |
| Expunge | to remove, to delete, to erase |
| Fetish | any thing or activity to which one is irrationally devoted |
| Fickle | often changing for no reason, not loyal or consistent |
| Fjord | a long narrow inlet from the sea between steep cliffs or hills |
| Fleece | to defraud, swindle, also the wool of a sheep or similar animal |
| Forbear | to do without, to leave alone, to refrain from, to abstain |
| Forage | to search or hunt for food and provisions |
| Forsake | to abandon, to give up, to renounce |
| Fortuitous | good fortune occurring by accident or chance |
| Fraught | teeming with, laden, full, involving, accompanied by |
| Gamin | a neglected boy left to run about in the streets |
| Gazebo | an outdoor structure with a roof and open sides. |
| Generalize | general rather than specific, to form a general conclusion. |
| Giddy | a light-headed sensation, dizzy, light heartedly silly |
| Gird | to encircle as with a belt, to prepare as for action |
| Girth | the distance around something, circumference |
| Gloat | to brag greatly |
| Glutton | one who eats or consumes a great deal, having capacity to receive or withstand something |
| Gossamer | delicate floating cobwebs, a sheet gauzy fabric, something delicate, light, flimsy |
| Grandiloquent | attempting to impress with big words or grand gestures |
| Grandiose | grand and impressive, especially flashy and showy |
| Guile | cunning, deceitfulness, artfulness |
| Guise | appearance, semblance |
| Ecstatic | Feeling of expressing overwhelming happiness |
| Exorbitant | beyond reason, highly excessive |
| Malodorous | having an offensive or unpleasant odor. Smelling bad. |
| Condone | to overlook, and give approval |
| Galling | irritating, exhasperating |
| Gregarious | fond of the company of others, sociable |
| Prescient | having knowledge of things before they happen |
| Superfluous | excessive, unneeded or unnecessary |
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