| Term | Definition |
|---|
| emulate | to try to be equal to or better than, to imitate, strive |
| enamored | to be in love with, desired, charmed, captivated |
| enhance | to increase the value or beauty of something, improve, heighten, intensify |
| enigma | a puzzling or seemingly inexplicable situation, person, riddle, secret, mystery |
| enraptured | to be delighted beyond measure |
| enunciate | to pronounce words clearly and distinctly, state, articulate |
| erudite | scholarly, having or showing a wide knowledge gained from reading, learned, bookish |
| ethnic | of or having to do with races or classes people and their language, cultural, racial |
| evince | to show clearly, demonstrate, indicate, prove |
| evoke | to call forth, to draw forth, summon, conjure up, elicit, extract |
| exhort | to use words or arguments to incite one to good deeds, urge |
| exodus | a departure, especially in a large group, withdrawal |
| expatriate | one who chooses to leave his or her native country |
| expedient | to best means to do something under a given set of circumstances, especially if it will bring about personal gain, convenient, advantageous |
| explicit | clearly stated, exact, precise, definite |
| expound | to explain, to set forth point by point, to interpret |
| expunge | to erase, blot, wipe, or strike out |
| extol | to praise highly, eulogize, glorify, laud |
| extradite | to turn a prisoner over to the jurisdiction of another country or state where the crime was allegedly committed |
| extraneous | not belonging, foreign, nonessential, alien extrinsic, irrelevant |
| exult | to rejoice over a success or victory |
| fallacy | a false or mistaken idea, error, untruthful, falsehood |
| feasible | reasonable, likely, capable of being carried out, possible |
| fiasco | a complete ridiculous failure, debacle, disaster |
| extrovert | one who is outgoing, friendly, one who is more interested in what is going on around him or her than in his or her own inner being or thoughts, outgoing, affable |
| fickle | likely to change without reason, vacillating, capricious |
| fluctuate | to move, to vary irregularly, waver, sway |
| formidable | hard ot overcome or deal with, causing fear or awe, menacing, appalling, dreadful |
| frowzy | dirty, unkempt, untidy, slovenly |
| frugal | not wasteful, thrifty, provident, economical |
| frustrate | to bring to nothing, to thwart, to baffle, balk, hinder |
| furtive | done in a stealthy or secretive manner, surreptitious, sneaky |
| gadfly | a person who annoys others, especially by rousing them from complacency |
| galvanize | to startle into sudden activity, to stimulate |
| gamut | the whole range or extent |
| gargantuan | of huge or extraordinary size and power, gigantic, huge |
| gauche | lacking social grace, awkward, tactless |
| genial | warm, friendly, cordial, pleasant, amiable |
| grandiloquent | speaking in a pompous style, pretentious, haughty |
| gregarious | fond of the company of others, belonging to a flock, sociable, friendly |
| grimace | a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain, scowl |
| harangue | long noisy speech or lecture, tirade, declamation |
| harry | to torment another |
| hearth | a fireplace |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil, abhorrent, anathematic, horrid |
| heresy | a religious belief opposed ot the established doctrine, heterodoxy, nonconformity |
| hoax | a practical joke, deception, fraud |
| hue | the quality which makes one color differ from the other colors, a particular shade or tint of a given color |
| humility | absence of vanity, modesty, humbleness |
| hurtle | to dash, to move swiftly and with great force, to plow into |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally |
| hypercritical | overly critical, too severe in judgment, faultfinding |
| ignominy | public shame, disgrace, or dishonor |
| impeccable | faultless, without sin or blemish, immaculate, faultless, irreproachable |
| implacable | cannot be appeased or pacified, inflexible, relentless, uncompromising |
| inane | without sense or meaning, silly, empty, foolish insipid |
| incarcerate | to put into prison, to confine |
| incisive | sharp, keen, penetrating, piercing, acute |
| incognito | hiding one's name, rank, position, disguised, masquerading |
| indiscreet | not wise or judicious, imprudent as in speech or action, rash capricious, unwise |
| inert | having no power to act or move, inactive, dormant, passive, idle |
| inexorable | cannot be moved or influenced by persuasion or entreaty, unrelenting, adamant, implacable, obdurate |
| inscrutable | cannot be easily understood, mysterious, incomprehensible, enigmatic |
| insipid | without flavor, tasteless, dull, lifeless, flat, vapid, unsavory |
| intrepid | without fear, brave, dauntless, bold, fearless |
| irascible | easily angered, choleric, irritable, ill-tempered |
| jaundiced | prejudiced, cynical, skeptical |
| jaunty | fashionable, stylish, carefree, sprightly |
| jettison | to throw goods overboard, discard |
| jingoism | extreme patriotism, favoring an aggressive, warlike foreign policy |
| jocose | joking, humorous, witty, funny, playful |
| juggernaut | a terrible destructive or irresistible force |
| latent | present, but not active, hidden, dormant, inert, potential |
| laudable | worthy of praise, commendable, honorable, admirable |
| lethargy | lack of energy, drowsiness, disinterest, torpor, apathy, lassitude |
| levity | lightness or gaiety of disposition, lack of seriousness, frivolity |
| lexicon | a dictionary, a special vocabulary |
| libation | an alcoholic drink |
| liege | a lord, master, or sovereign |
| magnanimous | noble, generous in forgiving, free from petty feeling or acts, generous |
| marital | having to do with marriage, nuptial, matrimonial, conjugal |
| mercenary | one who works only for money, especially a hired soldier |
| meticulous | extremely careful about small details, fastidious, fussy |
| motley | made up of different, dissimilar parts, being of many colors, disparate, various |
| mundane | of this world and not of heaven, common, worldly, not spiritual |
| murky | gloomy, dark, cloudy, somber, dismal, dingy |
| myriad | a very large number, of a highly varied nature, countless, innumerable |
| naive | simple in nature, not affected, innocent simplicity, childlike, unsophisticated, unsuspecting |
| nocturnal | having to do with the night, occurring at night, nightly |
| novice | a beginner, one who is new or inexperienced, pupil, disciple, apprentice |
| noxious | harmful to the health, injurious, unwholesome |
| nuance | a delicate variation in tone, color, meaning, expression, |
| obese | extremely fat, stout, corpulent, rotund |
| obstreperous | boisterous, unruly, noisy, uncontrolled |
| odium | hatred, the state of being hated, anathema, abhorrence |
| officious | offering unnecessary and unwanted advice or service, meddlesome, interfering |
| ominous | threatening, predicting evil, foreboding, sinister |
| omniscient | having unlimited knowledge, knowing everything |
| ostensible | apparent, pretended, professed, apparent, probably evident |
| ostracize | to banish, to shut out from a group or society by common consent, exile, blacklist |
| pandemonium | a wild disorder, noise or confusion, chaos, tumult, din |
| parsimonious | too economical, stingy, frugal, thrifty, cheap |
| penitent | expressing sorrow for having sinned or done wrong, remorseful |
| pernicious | causing injury, evil or wicked, detrimental, destructive |
| pertinent | having to do with what is being considered, relevant appropriate |
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