Flashcards: Bowyer 11
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kasielasserre1 on November 1, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 duplicity | deception, dishonesty, double-dealing |
| dyspeptic | suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable |
| ebullient | exhillerated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits |
| eclectic | selecting from various sources |
| edify | to instruct morally and spiritually |
| effervescent | bubbly, lively |
| efficacious | effective, efficient |
| effluvia | outpouring of gases or vapors |
| effrontery | impudent boldness; audacity |
| effulgent | brightly shining |
| effusive | expressing emotion without restraint |
| egregious | conspicuously bad |
| egress | exit, going out |
| elegy | mournful poem, usually about the dead |
| elecit | to draw out, provoke |
| eloquence | fluent and effective speech |
| elucidate | to explain, clarify |
| emaciated | skinny, scrawny, gaunt, especially from hunger |
| embellish | to ornament; make attractive with decoration or details; add details to a statement |
| embroil | to involve in, cause to fall in disorder |
| emend | to correct a text |
| eminent | celebrated, distinguished; outstanding, towering |
| emollient | having soothing qualities, especially for skin |
| emotive | appealing to or expressing emotion |
| empathy | identification with another's feelings |
| emulate | to copy, immitate |
| encipher | to translate a message into code |
| encore | additional performance often demanded by an audience |
| encumber | to hinder, burden, restrict motion |
| endemic | belonging to a particular area; inherent |
| enervate | to weaken, sap strength from |
| engender | to produce, cause, bring about |
| enigmatic | puzzeling, inexplicable |
| enjoin | to urge, order, command; forbid or prohibit as by judicial order |
| enmity | hostility, antaganism, ill will |
| ennui | boredom, lack of intrest and energy |
| ensconce | to settle comfortably into a place |
| enshroud | to cover, enclose with a dark cover |
| entail | to involve as a necessary result, necessitate |
| enthrall | to captivate, enchant, enslave |
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