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effeminacy |
Womanishness. |
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effeminate |
Having womanish traits or qualities. |
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effervesce |
To bubble up. |
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effervescent |
Giving off bubbles of gas. |
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effete |
Exhausted, as having performed its functions. |
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efficacious |
Effective. |
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efficacy |
The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it. |
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efficiency |
The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty. |
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efficient |
Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results. |
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efflorescence |
The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance. |
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efflorescent |
Opening in flower. |
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effluvium |
A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter. |
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effrontery |
Unblushing impudence. |
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effulgence |
Splendor. |
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effuse |
To pour forth. |
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effusion |
an outpouring. |
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egoism |
The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self. |
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egoist |
One who advocates or practices egoism. |
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egotism |
Self-conceit. |
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egotist |
One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences. |
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egregious |
Extreme. |
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egress |
Any place of exit. |
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eject |
To expel. |
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elapse |
To quietly terminate: said of time. |
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elasticity |
That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed. |
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electrolysis |
The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current. |
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electrotype |
A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin. |
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elegy |
A lyric poem lamenting the dead. |
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element |
A component or essential part. |
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elicit |
To educe or extract gradually or without violence. |
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eligible |
Qualified for selection. |
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eliminate |
To separate and cast aside. |
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Elizabethan |
Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era. |
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elocution |
The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading. |
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eloquent |
Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech. |
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elucidate |
To bring out more clearly the facts concerning. |
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elude |
To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice. |
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elusion |
Evasion. |
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emaciate |
To waste away in flesh. |
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emanate |
To flow forth or proceed, as from some source. |
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emancipate |
To release from bondage. |
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embargo |
Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade. |
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embark |
To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme. |
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embarrass |
To render flustered or agitated. |
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embellish |
To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features. |
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embezzle |
To misappropriate secretly. |
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emblazon |
To set forth publicly or in glowing terms. |
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emblem |
A symbol. |
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embody |
To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form. |
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embolden |
To give courage to. |
