| Term | Definition |
|---|
| elicit | draw out by discussion |
| embellish | adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story |
| empirical | base on experience |
| emulate | imitate; rival |
| endemic | prevailing among a specific group of people or an area |
| enervate | weaken |
| engender | cause; produce |
| enhance | increase; improve |
| ephemeral | short-lived; fleeting |
| equanimity | calmness of temperament; composure |
| equivocate | lie, mislead; attempt to conceal the truth |
| erudite | learned; scholarly |
| esoteric | hard to understand; known only to the chosen few |
| eulogy | expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death |
| euphemism | mild expression in place of an unpleasant one |
| exacerbate | worsen; embitter |
| exculpate | clear from blame |
| exigency | urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention |
| extrapolation | projection; superfluous |
| facetious | joking (often inappropriately); humorous |
| facilitate | help bring about; make less difficult |
| fallacious | false; misleading |
| fatuous | brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug |
| fawning | trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering or cringing |
| felicitous | apt; suitably expressed; well chosen |
| fervor | glowing ardor; intensity of feeling |
| flag | droop; grow feeble |
| fledgling | inexperienced |
| flout | reject; mock; show contempt for |
| foment | stir up; instigate |
| forestall | prevent by taking action in advance |
| frugality | thrift; economy |
| futile | useless; hopeless; ineffectual |
| gainsay | deny |
| garrulous | loquacious; wordy; talkative |
| goad | urge on |
| gouge | overcharge |
| grandiloquent | pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language |
| gregarious | sociable |
| guileless | without deceit |
| gullible | easily deceived |
| harangue | long, passionate, and vehement speech |
| homogenous | of the same kind |
| hyperbole | exaggeration; overstatement |
| iconoclast | attacking cherished traditions |
| idolatry | worship of idols; excessive admiration |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| impair | injure; hurt |
| impassive | without feeling; imperturbable; stoical |
| impede | hinder, block |
| impermeable | impervious; not permitting passage through its substance |
| imperturbable | calm; placid |
| impervious | impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed |
| implacable | incapable of being pacified |
| implicit | understood but not stated |
| implode | burst inward |
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