| Term | Definition |
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effluvia |
Waste; odor given off by waste |
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elegy |
A mournful, sad poem, usually about the deceased |
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elude |
To cleverly avoid; to evade; to escape the detection of |
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emoillent |
Soothing, esp. to skin |
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emulate |
To strive to equal or excel something; to imitate |
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encumber |
To weigh down with; to burden |
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enjoin |
To direct or impose with urgency; to order with emphasis; to strongly forbid |
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epochal |
Momentous; very significant |
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eponymous |
Dedicating one's name to a book, place, or restaurant |
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equivocate |
To avoid following or commiting to one's orders; to be deliberately disobedient or unclear of direction |
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ersatz |
Being an artificial or horrible substitute or imitation |
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eschew |
To shun or avoid, considering it wrong or distasteful |
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espouse |
To support as a cause; to marry |
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espy |
To catch sight of; to glimpse |
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euphenism |
An inoffensive, agreeable expression that is said in place of a statement that is deemed offensive |
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euthanasia |
The practice of puposely ending the life of the terminally ill; assisted suicide |
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excoriate |
To express strong disapproval of; to react scathingly |
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exponent |
A person or thing that is a representative or a symbol of something |
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expound |
To explain in detail; to elaborately describe |
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expunge |
To erase or eliminate completely |
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extirpate |
To root out; to demolish; to destroy utterly |
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extrapolation |
Using known data and information to draw conclusions or make a hypothesis |
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extrinsic |
External; secondary; unessential |
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extrude |
To form or shape something by pushing or forcing it out, esp. through a small opening |