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persiafreshteh on February 22, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 dowager | a widow who holds a title from her husband, an elderly woman of society |
| dupe | to trick, to fool, to deceive, to cheat |
| duplicity | double-dealing, hypocrisy |
| ecstasy | extreme happiness |
| effervescent | showing high spirits |
| effusion | a pouring forth (usually overdone in writing or speech) |
| elicit | to bring out a response, to evoke |
| emaciated | very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away |
| emulate | to try to equal or to be like (usually through imitation) |
| enervation | weakness |
| engender | to cause, to produce, to create |
| enigmatic | mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling |
| enumerate | to count one by one |
| enunciate | to pronounce clearly |
| epicure | a person who understands a lot about food and drink, a connoisseur |
| epithet | a term or phrase describing or characterizing |
| equivocal | ambiguous |
| eschew | to avoid or to shun |
| espousing | marrying, giving one's loyalty; adopting or embracing a cause |
| estrange | to alienate, to separate |
| exacting | demanding, requiring great care |
| exalt | to glorify, to praise, to raise in rank |
| execrable | extremely bad, deserving of hate |
| exigent | urgent, requiring immediate attention |
| exorcise | to expel an evil spirit, to get rid of something troublesome |
| expedient | appropriate for a purpose but not necessarily moral, right, or just |
| extricate | to free, to disentangle |
| facile | easy, achieved with little difficulty |
| fallible | capable of making an error |
| fastidious | reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme |
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