Set: Word Smart Quiz 40

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Term Definition
esoteric hard to understand, understood by only a select few, peculiar
espouse to support, to advocate
ethereal heavenly, as light and insubstantial as a gas or ether
euphemism a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one
evanescent fleeting, vanishing, happening for only the briefest period
exacerbate to make worse
exacting extremely demanding, difficult, requiring great skill or care
exalt to raise high, to glorify
exasperate to annoy thoroughly, to make very angry, to try the patience of
exemplify to illustrate by example, to serve as a good example
exhaustive thorough, rigorous, complete, painstaking
exhort to urge strongly, to give a serious warning to
hortatory urging, encouraging, persuading

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Terms 13
Creator cheeseman557
Created February 26, 2007
Group Word Smart SAT 3rd edition
Tags word, smart, sat
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  1. hortatory → urging, encouraging, persuading - 12 misses
  2. evanescent → fleeting, vanishing, happening for only the briefest period - 11 misses
  3. exhaustive → thorough, rigorous, complete, painstaking - 11 misses
  4. euphemism → a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one - 9 misses
  5. esoteric → hard to understand, understood by only a select few, peculiar - 8 misses
  6. exacerbate → to make worse - 8 misses
  7. espouse → to support, to advocate - 7 misses