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- eager: avid; enthusiastic
- earnest: seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness
- earthquake: quake from underground; disturbance that is extremely disruptive; temblor
- ease: satisfaction; pleasure; entertainment; freedom from care
- eccentric: departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
- eccentricity: oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from center echo: sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear; repetition of a sound eclipse: darken; exceed in importance; outweigh
- ecology: science of the relationships between organisms and their environments
- economic: pertaining to economy; frugal; cheap
- economical: thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
- economics: branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
- economize: save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
- economy: efficient use of resources; reduction in cost; specific type of economic system
- ecstasy: intense joy or delight; any overpowering emotion
- edge: brink; perimeter; margin
- edit: revise and prepare for publication; select, correct, arrange matter of, for publication
- edition: whole number of copies of a work printed and published; single copy; act of editing
- editorial: of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor
- education: act or process of educating; the result of educating
- effective: efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
- effectiveness: efficiency; quality of being effective
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- efficiency: effectiveness; quality or property of being efficient; ratio of useful output to the total input in any system
- efficient: effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
- effort: exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object
- eject: put out or expel from a place; discharge
- elaborate: marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail elaboration: production by gradual process; act of working out with great care in detail
- elapse: slip or glide away; pass away silently
- elastic: springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
- elasticity: tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed elbow: hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm
- election: voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
- electrical: pertaining to electricity; electric
- electrician: one whose occupation is the installation, maintenance, repair, or operation of electric equipment and circuitry
- electron: elementary particle with negative charge
- electronic: of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
- electronics: branch of physics that deals with the behavior of electrons; electronic devices
- elegance: refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
- elegant: refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
- element: fundamental or essential constituent of a composite entity; basic assumptions or principles of a subject
- elementary: basic; fundamental
- elevate: raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- elevation: altitude; height
- elevator: lifting device consisting of a platform or cage
- eliminate: eradicate; abolish; rule out
- elimination: act of removing or getting rid of something
- ellipsis: omission of words from text; mark or series of marks used in writing to indicate omission
- elliptical: rounded like an egg; in a shape reminding of an ellipse; oval
- eloquence: powerful and effective language; persuasive speech
- eloquent: vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
- elusive: difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind
- emancipate: free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
- emancipation: freeing someone from the control of another
- embargo: ban on commerce or other activity
- embark: commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
- embarrass: humiliate; shame; cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert
- embassy: diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work; diplomatic representatives headed by an ambassador
- embody: give a bodily form to; represent in bodily or material form; incorporate
- embrace: hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection
- embroider: decorate with needlework; add details to
- embroidery: elaboration by the use of decorative detail; ornamentation of fabric with needlework emerge: come into prominence; spring up; appear
- emergency: sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of urgent need for action or assistance
- emigrant: someone who leaves one country to settle in another
- emigrate: remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; migrate from home
- eminent: standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
- emission: radiation; discharge; act of emitting
- emit: give off; send out; give out as sound
- emotion: feeling; mood; state of mental agitation or disturbance
- emotional: sentimental; passionate; excitable; easily moved
- emphasis: special attention or effort directed toward something; stress
- emphasize: stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice
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- empirical: derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
- employ: engage the services of; put to work; apply
- employee: worker; person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation employer: a person or firm that employs workers
- employment: act of employing or using
- empty: containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents
- enable: supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity; make able; make feasible or possible
- enchant: charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
- encircle: form a circle about; inclose within a circle or ring; surround
- enclose: include; surround on all sides; close in
- enclosure: place where animals are kept
- encounter: face; confront; meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon
- encourage: activate; stimulate
- endanger: threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it
- endeavor: attempt by employing effort
- endless: without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable
- endorse: acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instrument
- endorsement: act of endorsing; support; formal and explicit approval; signature that validates something
- endow: grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
- endurance: perseverance; state or fact of persevering; continuing existence
- endure: tolerate; carry on through, despite hardships
- energetic: active; brisk; vigorous
- energy: exertion of force; capacity for work or vigorous activity; usable heat or power
- enforce: put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
- engage: obtain for services of; arrange for the use of; pledge or promise, especially to marry
- engagement: act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest; state of being in gear
- engrave: carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving engraving: practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it
- engulf: absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
- enhance: make better or more attractive; increase; improve
- enhancement: act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation
- enlighten: supply with light; illuminate, as the sun enlightens the earth; make clear to the intellect or conscience
- enormous: very great in size, extent, number, or degrees; huge; massive
- enquire: seek information by asking a question
- enquiry: search for knowledge
- enrich: make rich; richen; improve
- enroll: insert in a roil; register or enter in list or catalogue; insert in records; enlist
- enrolment: act of enrolling; specifically, the registering, recording, or entering
- ensure: make sure or certain; insure; assure
- entail: imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in ornamental way
- enterprise: company; firm; organization created for business ventures
- entertain: amuse; host
- entertainment: amusement; fun
- enthusiasm: great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause; feeling of excitement enthusiastic: having or showing great excitement and interest
- entitle: give right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give title to entrance: fill with delight or wonder; put into a trance; attract
- entreat: plead; make earnest request of; ask for earnestly
- entrust: give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone;
- entry: admission; entrance; item inserted in a written record
- enumerate: list each one; mention one by one
- envelop: enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering
- environment: surroundings; totality of surrounding conditions
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- envy: malice; ill will; discontent or uneasiness at another’s excellence or good fortune, accompanied with hatred
- epidemic: outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely; widely prevalent
- episode: a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
- epoch: particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
- equal: having the same quantity, measure, or value as another; identical
- equality: state or quality of being equal
- equation: making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium
- equator: the imaginary great circle on the earth’s surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth’s surface into two hemispheres
- equilibrium: mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
- equip: supply with necessities such as tools or provisions; furnish with the qualities necessary for performance
- equipment: apparatus
- equivalent: interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
- eradicate: completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
- erase: rub letters or characters written, engraved, or painted
- erect: construct; stand; set up
- erosion: corrosion; a gradual decline of something
- errand: short trip taken to perform a specified task; mission; embassy
- erupt: explode; burst out; become violently active
- eruption: outbreak; sudden, often violent outburst
- escalator: stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
- escape: act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil
- escort: one who conducts someone as attendant; guard; protection, care, or safeguard on a journey essay: effort made for performance of anything; short literary composition on a single subject essence: most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- essential: necessary; critical; vital; constituting or being part of the essence of something
- establish: set up or found; build
- establishment: act of establishing; ratifying or ordaining; settlement; arranged order or system, especially a legal code
- estate: extensive landed property; everything you own; all of your assets
- esteem: regard with respect; favorable regard
- estimate: judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
- eternal: forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
- evaluate: judge; examine and judge carefully; appraise
- evaporate: vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
- evaporation: process of extracting moisture
- eventful: busy; momentous; full of events or incidents
- eventually: ultimately; in the final result or issue; in the end
- everlasting: continuing forever or indefinitely
- evidence: something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
- evident: easily seen or understood; obvious; apparent; clear
- evolution: development; progression
- evolve: develop; grow
- exact: precisely agreeing with standard, fact, or truth; perfectly conforming
- exaggerate: represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate; magnify; do something to an excessive degree
- exaggeration: overstatement; act of making something more noticeable than usual
- exalt: raise in rank or dignity; praise
- exalted: superior; elevated in rank, character, or status; of high moral or intellectual value exasperate: make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly
- exceed: go beyond; be or do something to a greater degree
- exceedingly: in a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly
- excel: be superior; distinguish oneself
- excellent: surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
- exception: instance that does not conform to a rule
- exceptional: extraordinary; unusual; well above average
- excess: amount or quantity beyond what is normal or sufficient; surplus
- excessive: extreme; inordinate; too much
- exchange: substitute; trade in; give in return for something received
- excite: arouse
- excitement: state of being emotionally aroused
- exciting: creating or producing excitement
- exclaim: cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion
- exclude: leave out of; keep out of; reject
- exclusion: rejection; act of excluding or shutting out
- exclusive: not divided or shared with others; excluding much or all; not allowing something else
- exclusively: without any others being included or involved; purely; strictly
- excursion: trip; usually short journey made for pleasure
- excuse: free from blame; clear from guilt; release from a charge; forgive entirely
- execute: put into effect; carry out the legalities of
- execution: accomplishment; putting into practice; putting a person to death
- executive: role of government which makes sure that laws are carried out; administrator
- exemplify: serve as an example of; embody
- exempt: not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
- exert: cause; apply; exercise
- exertion: effort; expenditure of much physical work
- exhaust: gases ejected from an engine as waste products ; use up the whole supply of
- exhausted: depleted; tired
- exhaustion: act of draining out or draining off; act of emptying completely of the contents; state of being exhausted or emptied
- exhaustive: treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
- exhibit: show, make visible or apparent
- exhibition: exposition; presentation; large-scale public showing
- exile: force separation from one’s native country
- exit: passage or way out; act of going away or out
- exonerate: acquit; free from blame; discharge from duty
- expand: become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details
- expansion: growth; extent or amount by which something has expanded
- expedient: suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
- expedite: process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
- expedition: journey organized for a particular purpose
- expel: oust; discharge; force or drive out
- expend: lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; spend
- expenditure: payment or expense; output
- expert: person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject
- expertise: specialized knowledge; expert skill
- expiration: act of coming to a close; termination; act of breathing out; exhalation
- expire: come to an end; terminate; lose validity; breathe one’s last breath; die
- explicit: precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
- explode: erupt; blow up; burst violently as a result of internal pressure
- exploit: make use of, sometimes unjustly
- exploitation: unfair use of someone’s work giving little in return
- exploration: travel for the purpose of discovery
- explore: investigate systematically; examine; search
- explorer: someone who travels into little known regions
- explosive: tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
- export: sell or transfer abroad
- expose: set forth; set out to public view
- exposition: exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information; opening section of a fugue
- exposure: risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; act of laying something open
- expressive: demonstrative; indicative
- expressly: particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
- exquisite: excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating
- extend: open or straighten something out; unbend; prolong
- extension: supplement; act of extending or the condition of being extended
- extensive: widespread; far-reaching; wide
- extent: extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends
- exterior: outside; external or outward appearance
- external: exterior; outer; suitable for application to the outside
- extinct: no longer existing or living; vanished; dead
- extinction: death of all its remaining members
- extinguish: quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
- extra: something additional of the same kind
- extract: draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; remove; get despite difficulties or obstacles extraordinary: exceptional; remarkable; beyond what is ordinary or usual
- extravagant: wandering beyond one’s bounds; exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained
- extreme: outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit
- eye: small hole or loop; good discernment; organ of vision or of light sensitivity
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