11471455512 | dulcet | sweet, pleasant to the ear, soothing to the eye of the feelings | 0 | |
11471455513 | duplicity | deception, two-faced behavior, trickery | 1 | |
11471455514 | duress | pressure, force, coercion (often in law, usually the phrase "under ____________" | 2 | |
11471455515 | dynamic | energetic, changing, vigorously active | 3 | |
11471455516 | ebullition | exuberance, overflowing of passion or feeling | 4 | |
11471455517 | eccentric | odd | 5 | |
11471455518 | éclat | 1. brilliance of success; 2. a showy or elaborate display, acclaim | 6 | |
11471455519 | eclogue | a poem about the countryside, often in dialogue form | 7 | |
11471455520 | edify | to enlighten intellectually or spiritually, to inform, to teach | 8 | |
11471455521 | efface | to erase | 9 | |
11471455522 | effete | worn out, exhausted, infertile, synonym for defunct | 10 | |
11471455523 | efficacious | capable of producing an effect, effective as a way to do something (usually medicine) | 11 | |
11471455524 | effigy | a dummy, image, copy, (often meant to be crude and ridiculed. always a person) | 12 | |
11471455525 | effrontery | shameless, boldness, audacious behavior | 13 | |
11471455526 | egregious | outstandingly and obviously bad | 14 | |
11471455527 | elicit | to draw forth, bring out | 15 | |
11471455528 | eloquent | well spoken | 16 | |
11471455529 | elusive | tough to catch or pin down | 17 | |
11471455530 | emaciated | haggard, wasted, skinny, visibly starved | 18 | |
11471455531 | emanate | to issue forth, flow or proceed from source of origin | 19 | |
11471455532 | embellish | to add details, decorate | 20 | |
11471455533 | embezzle | steal through fraudulent bookkeeping | 21 | |
11471455534 | emollient | 1. softener, an agent that mollifies; 2. having the power to soothe and relax | 22 | |
11471455535 | emolument | payment for service, earning, salary, pay | 23 | |
11471455536 | empirical | based on observation or experience, not in theory or proof (usually evidence) | 24 | |
11471455537 | emulate | imitate with effort to be equal or better | 25 | |
11471455538 | encomium | formal praise | 26 | |
11471455539 | endorse | give support | 27 | |
11471455540 | enduring | lasting | 28 | |
11471455541 | engender | to cause, start, produce | 29 | |
11471455542 | enhance | to increase, make better | 30 | |
11471455543 | enigma | something puzzling or hard to explain (like a riddle) | 31 | |
11471455544 | enjoin | to command, divest orders to do something | 32 | |
11471455545 | ephemeral | short-lived | 33 | |
11471455546 | epicure | connoisseur, one who cultivates a fine taste | 34 | |
11471455547 | epitaph | writing on a tombstone | 35 | |
11471455548 | epithet | tag, label | 36 | |
11471455549 | epitome | the best example of a certain trait or description | 37 | |
11471455550 | equable | 1. even tempered, mellow; 2. free from much change, uniform | 38 | |
11471455551 | equanimity | calmness, especially under stress of other strains | 39 | |
11471455552 | equitable | (adj) just, fair | 40 | |
11471455553 | equity | (v) fairness, impartiality | 41 | |
11471455554 | equivocal | uncertain, deliberately misleading, ambiguous | 42 | |
11471455555 | erratic | irregular, unpredictable | 43 | |
11471455556 | eschew | to avoid, reject, shun | 44 | |
11471455557 | esoteric | understood by few | 45 | |
11471455558 | espouse | to give support, to give approval, to get married | 46 | |
11471455559 | estrange | to alienate | 47 | |
11471455560 | ethereal | light, airy, delicate, heavenly | 48 | |
11471455561 | ethnology | science of radical origins | 49 | |
11471455562 | etymology | science of word origins | 50 | |
11471455563 | eulogy | speech of praise for the dead at a funeral | 51 | |
11471455564 | euphemism | a nice way to say something profane or inappropriate | 52 | |
11471455565 | euphony | pleasing sound of words (sound only) | 53 | |
11471455566 | evanescent | vanishing, fleeting, something that does not last very long | 54 | |
11471455567 | exacerbate | to aggravate, make worse | 55 | |
11471455568 | exculpate | to free of guilt, to remove culpability | 56 | |
11471455569 | execration | to curse/a curse | 57 | |
11471455570 | exemplary | outstanding | 58 | |
11471455571 | exemplify | to serve as an example | 59 |
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