Vocabulary builder E

1482	earnest	adj.	Ardent in spirit and speech.
1483	earthenware	n.	Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.
1484	eatable	adj.	Edible.
1485	ebullient	adj.	Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
1486	eccentric	adj.	Peculiar.
1487	eccentricity	n.	Idiosyncrasy.
1488	eclipse	n.	The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body.
1489	economize	v.	To spend sparingly.
1490	ecstasy	n.	Rapturous excitement or exaltation.
1491	ecstatic	adj.	Enraptured.
1492	edible	adj.	Suitable to be eaten.
1493	edict	n.	That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action.
1494	edify	v.	To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion.
1495	editorial	n.	An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument.
1496	educe	v.	To draw out.
1497	efface	v.	To obliterate.
1498	effect	n.	A consequence.
1499	effective	adj.	Fit for a destined purpose.
1500	effectual	adj.	Efficient.
1501	effeminacy	n.	Womanishness.
1502	effeminate	adj.	Having womanish traits or qualities.
1503	effervesce	v.	To bubble up.
1504	effervescent	adj.	Giving off bubbles of gas.
1505	effete	adj.	Exhausted, as having performed its functions.
1506	efficacious	adj.	Effective.
1507	efficacy	n.	The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.
1508	efficiency	n.	The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty.
1509	efficient	adj.	Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results.
1510	efflorescence	n.	The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance.
1511	efflorescent	adj.	Opening in flower.
1512	effluvium	n.	A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter.
1513	effrontery	n.	Unblushing impudence.
1514	effulgence	n.	Splendor.
1515	effuse	v.	To pour forth.
1516	effusion	n.	an outpouring.
1517	egoism	n.	The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self.
1518	egoist	n.	One who advocates or practices egoism.
1519	egotism	n.	Self-conceit.
1520	egotist	n.	One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences.
1521	egregious	adj.	Extreme.
1522	egress	n.	Any place of exit.
1523	eject	v.	To expel.
1524	elapse	v.	To quietly terminate: said of time.
1525	elasticity	n.	That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed.
1526	electrolysis	n.	The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current.
1527	electrotype	n.	A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin.
1528	elegy	n.	A lyric poem lamenting the dead.
1529	element	n.	A component or essential part.
1530	elicit	v.	To educe or extract gradually or without violence.
1531	eligible	adj.	Qualified for selection.
1532	eliminate	v.	To separate and cast aside.
1533	Elizabethan	adj.	Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era.
1534	elocution	n.	The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading.
1535	eloquent	adj.	Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech.
1536	elucidate	v.	To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.
1537	elude	v.	To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice.
1538	elusion	n.	Evasion.
1539	emaciate	v.	To waste away in flesh.
1540	emanate	v.	To flow forth or proceed, as from some source.
1541	emancipate	v.	To release from bondage.
1542	embargo	n.	Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade.
1543	embark	v.	To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.
1544	embarrass	v.	To render flustered or agitated.
1545	embellish	v.	To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features.
1546	embezzle	v.	To misappropriate secretly.
1547	emblazon	v.	To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
1548	emblem	n.	A symbol.
1549	embody	v.	To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form.
1550	embolden	v.	To give courage to.
1551	embolism	n.	An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel.
1552	embroil	v.	To involve in dissension or strife.
1553	emerge	v.	To come into view or into existence.
1554	emergence	n.	A coming into view.
1555	emergent	adj.	Coming into view.
1556	emeritus	adj.	Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position.
1557	emigrant	n.	One who moves from one place to settle in another.
1558	emigrate	v.	To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another.
1559	eminence	n.	An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc.
1560	eminent	adj.	High in station, merit, or esteem.
1561	emit	v.	To send or give out.
1562	emphasis	n.	Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word.
1563	emphasize	v.	To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words.
1564	emphatic	adj.	Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.
1565	employee	n.	One who works for wages or a salary.
1566	employer	n.	One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay.
1567	emporium	n.	A bazaar or shop.
1568	empower	v.	To delegate authority to.
1569	emulate	v.	To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.
1570	enact	v.	To make into law, as by legislative act.
1571	enamor	v.	To inspire with ardent love.
1572	encamp	v.	To pitch tents for a resting-place.
1573	encomium	n.	A formal or discriminating expression of praise.
1574	encompass	v.	To encircle.
1575	encore	n.	The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance.
1576	encourage	v.	To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.
1577	encroach	v.	To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another.
1578	encumber	v.	To impede with obstacles.
1579	encyclical	adj.	Intended for general circulation.
1580	encyclopedia	n.	A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject.
1581	endanger	v.	To expose to peril.
1582	endear	v.	To cause to be loved.
1583	endemic	adj.	Peculiar to some specified country or people.
1584	endue	v.	To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual.
1585	endurable	adj.	Tolerable.
1586	endurance	n.	The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing.
1587	energetic	adj.	Working vigorously.
1588	enervate	v.	To render ineffective or inoperative.
1589	enfeeble	v.	To debilitate.
1590	enfranchise	v.	To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote.
1591	engender	v.	To produce.
1592	engrave	v.	To cut or carve in or upon some surface.
1593	engross	v.	To occupy completely.
1594	enhance	v.	To intensify.
1595	enigma	n.	A riddle.
1596	enjoin	v.	To command.
1597	enkindle	v.	To set on fire.
1598	enlighten	v.	To cause to see clearly.
1599	enlist	v.	To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.
1600	enmity	n.	Hatred.
1601	ennoble	v.	To dignify.
1602	enormity	n.	Immensity.
1603	enormous	adj.	Gigantic.
1604	enrage	v.	To infuriate.
1605	enrapture	v.	To delight extravagantly or intensely.
1606	enshrine	v.	To keep sacred.
1607	ensnare	v.	To entrap.
1608	entail	v.	To involve; necessitate.
1609	entangle	v.	To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications.
1610	enthrall	v.	To bring or hold under any overmastering influence.
1611	enthrone	v.	To invest with sovereign power.
1612	enthuse	v.	To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling.
1613	enthusiastic	adj.	Full of zeal and fervor.
1614	entirety	n.	A complete thing.
1615	entomology	n.	The branch of zoology that treats of insects.
1616	entrails	n.	pl. The internal parts of an animal.
1617	entreaty	n.	An earnest request.
1618	entree	n.	The act of entering.
1619	entrench	v.	To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall.
1620	entwine	v.	To interweave.
1621	enumerate	v.	To name one by one.
1622	epic	n.	A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc.
1623	epicure	n.	One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking.
1624	Epicurean	adj.	Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.
1625	epicycle	n.	A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle.
1626	epicycloid	n.	A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle.
1627	epidemic	n.	Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region.
1628	epidermis	n.	The outer skin.
1629	epigram	n.	A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.
1630	epilogue	n.	The close of a narrative or dramatic poem.
1631	epiphany	n.	Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity.
1632	episode	n.	An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it.
1633	epitaph	n.	An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead.
1634	epithet	n.	Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas".
1635	epitome	n.	A simplified representation.
1636	epizootic	adj.	Prevailing among animals.
1637	epoch	n.	A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events.
1638	epode	n.	A species of lyric poems.
1639	equalize	v.	To render uniform.
1640	equanimity	n.	Evenness of mind or temper.
1641	equestrian	adj.	Pertaining to horses or horsemanship.
1642	equilibrium	n.	A state of balance.
1643	equitable	adj.	Characterized by fairness.
1644	equity	n.	Fairness or impartiality.
1645	equivalent	adj.	Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like.
1646	equivocal	adj.	Ambiguous.
1647	equivocate	v.	To use words of double meaning.
1648	eradicate	v.	To destroy thoroughly.
1649	errant	adj.	Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds.
1650	erratic	adj.	Irregular.
1651	erroneous	adj.	Incorrect.
1652	erudite	adj.	Very-learned.
1653	erudition	n.	Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc.
1654	eschew	v.	To keep clear of.
1655	espy	v.	To keep close watch.
1656	esquire	n.	A title of dignity, office, or courtesy.
1657	essence	n.	That which makes a thing to be what it is.
1658	esthetic	adj.	Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts.
1659	estimable	adj.	Worthy of respect.
1660	estrange	v.	To alienate.
1661	estuary	n.	A wide lower part of a tidal river.
1662	et	cetera	Latin. And so forth.
1663	eugenic	adj.	Relating to the development and improvement of race.
1664	eulogize	v.	To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character.
1665	eulogy	n.	A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character.
1666	euphemism	n.	A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted.
1667	euphonious	adj.	Characterized by agreeableness of sound.
1668	euphony	n.	Agreeableness of sound.
1669	eureka	Greek.	I have found it.
1670	evade	v.	To avoid by artifice.
1671	evanesce	v.	To vanish gradually.
1672	evanescent	adj.	Fleeting.
1673	evangelical	adj.	Seeking the conversion of sinners.
1674	evangelist	n.	A preacher who goes from place to place holding services.
1675	evasion	n.	Escape.
1676	eventual	adj.	Ultimate.
1677	evert	v.	To turn inside out.
1678	evict	v.	To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree.
1679	evidential	adj.	Indicative.
1680	evince	v.	To make manifest or evident.
1681	evoke	v.	To call or summon forth.
1682	evolution	n.	Development or growth.
1683	evolve	v.	To unfold or expand.
1684	exacerbate	v.	To make more sharp, severe, or virulent.
1685	exaggerate	v.	To overstate.
1686	exasperate	v.	To excite great anger in.
1687	excavate	v.	To remove by digging or scooping out.
1688	exceed	v.	To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc.
1689	excel	v.	To be superior or distinguished.
1690	excellence	n.	Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities.
1691	excellency	n.	A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials.
1692	excellent	adj.	Possessing distinguished merit.
1693	excerpt	n.	An extract or selection from written or printed matter.
1694	excess	n.	That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience.
1695	excitable	adj.	Nervously high-strung.
1696	excitation	n.	Intensified emotion or action.
1697	exclamation	n.	An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling.
1698	exclude	v.	To shut out purposely or forcibly.
1699	exclusion	n.	Non-admission.
1700	excrescence	n.	Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development.
1701	excretion	n.	The getting rid of waste matter.
1702	excruciate	v.	To inflict severe pain or agony upon.
1703	excursion	n.	A journey.
1704	excusable	adj.	Justifiable.
1705	execrable	adj.	Abominable.
1706	execration	n.	An accursed thing.
1707	executor	n.	A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will.
1708	exegesis	n.	Biblical exposition or interpretation.
1709	exemplar	n.	A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated.
1710	exemplary	adj.	Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation.
1711	exemplify	v.	To show by example.
1712	exempt	adj.	Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others.
1713	exert	v.	To make an effort.
1714	exhale	v.	To breathe forth.
1715	exhaust	v.	To empty by draining off the contents.
1716	exhaustible	adj.	Causing or tending to cause exhaustion.
1717	exhaustion	n.	Deprivation of strength or energy.
1718	exhaustive	adj.	Thorough and complete in execution.
1719	exhilarate	v.	To fill with high or cheerful spirits.
1720	exhume	v.	To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).
1721	exigency	n.	A critical period or condition.
1722	exigent	adj.	Urgent.
1723	existence	n.	Possession or continuance of being.
1724	exit	n.	A way or passage out.
1725	exodus	n.	A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people.
1726	exonerate	v.	To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame.
1727	exorbitance	n.	Extravagance or enormity.
1728	exorbitant	adj.	Going beyond usual and proper limits.
1729	exorcise	v.	To cast or drive out by religious or magical means.
1730	exotic	adj.	Foreign.
1731	expand	v.	To increase in range or scope.
1732	expanse	n.	A continuous area or stretch.
1733	expansion	n.	Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like.
1734	expatriate	v.	To drive from one's own country.
1735	expect	v.	To look forward to as certain or probable.
1736	expectancy	n.	The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable.
1737	expectorate	v.	To cough up and spit forth.
1738	expediency	n.	Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case.
1739	expedient	adj.	Contributing to personal advantage.
1740	expedite	v.	To hasten the movement or progress of.
1741	expeditious	adj.	Speedy.
1742	expend	v.	To spend.
1743	expense	n.	The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength.
1744	expiate	v.	To make satisfaction or amends for.
1745	explicate	v.	To clear from involvement.
1746	explicit	adj.	Definite.
1747	explode	v.	To cause to burst in pieces by force from within.
1748	explosion	n.	A sudden and violent outbreak.
1749	explosive	adj.	Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak.
1750	exposition	n.	Formal presentation.
1751	expository	adj.	Pertaining to a formal presentation.
1752	expostulate	v.	To discuss.
1753	exposure	n.	An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass.
1754	expressive	adj.	Full of meaning.
1755	expulsion	n.	Forcible ejection.
1756	extant	adj.	Still existing and known.
1757	extemporaneous	adj.	Done or made without much or any preparation.
1758	extempore	adv.	Without studied or special preparation.
1759	extensible	adj.	Capable of being thrust out.
1760	extension	n.	A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope.
1761	extensive	adj.	Extended widely in space, time, or scope.
1762	extensor	n.	A muscle that causes extension.
1763	extenuate	v.	To diminish the gravity or importance of.
1764	exterior	n.	That which is outside.
1765	external	n.	Anything relating or belonging to the outside.
1766	extinct	adj.	Being no longer in existence.
1767	extinguish	v.	To render extinct.
1768	extol	v.	To praise in the highest terms.
1769	extort	v.	To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity.
1770	extortion	n.	The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion.
1771	extradite	v.	To surrender the custody of.
1772	extradition	n.	The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government.
1773	extrajudicial	adj.	Happening out of court.
1774	extraneous	adj.	Having no essential relation to a subject.
1775	extraordinary	adj.	Unusual.
1776	extravagance	n.	Undue expenditure of money.
1777	extravagant	adj.	Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure.
1778	extremist	n.	One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.
1779	extremity	n.	The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position.
1780	extricate	v.	Disentangle.
1781	extrude	v.	To drive out or away.
1782	exuberance	n.	Rich supply.
1783	exuberant	adj.	Marked by great plentifulness.