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| eaglet |
a young eagle |
| earnest |
characterized by or proceeding from an intense and serious
state of mind |
| earplug |
device of pliable material for insertion into the outer
opening of the ear (as to keep out water or deaden sound) |
| earshot |
the range within which the unaided voice may be heard |
| earsplitting |
distressingly loud or shrill |
| easel |
An upright frame for supporting something, such as an
artist's canvas |
| eavesdrop |
to listen secretly to the private conversation of others |
| ebb |
recede; lessen |
| ebullience |
the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of
thoughts or feelings:EXUBERANCE |
| eccentric |
deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct
especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| echelon |
an arrangement of a body of troops with its units each
somewhat to the left or right of the one in the rear like
a series of steps |
| eclat |
brilliant or conspicuous success |
| eclectic |
selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines,
methods, or styles |
| eclipse |
a falling into obscurity or decline; also :the state
of being eclipsed |
| ecstasy |
a state of overwhelming emotion; especially :rapturous
delight |
| ecstatic |
feeling great rapture or delight |
| ecumenical |
worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application |
| eddy |
circular or spiral movement (e.g. of wind) |
| edifice |
BUILDING; especially :a large or massive structure |
| efface |
to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous |
| effervesce |
to show liveliness or exhilaration |
| effete |
having lost character, vitality, or strength |
| effluvia |
a by-product especially in the form of waste |
| effulgent |
radiant splendor:BRILLIANCE |
| effusive |
characterized or formed by a nonexplosive outpouring
of lava |
| egalitarian |
a belief in human equality especially with respect to
social, political, and economic rights and privileges |
| egocentric |
concerned with the individual rather than society |
| elaborate |
marked by complexity, fullness of detail, or ornateness |
| elastic |
capable of being easily stretched or expanded and resuming
former shape:FLEXIBLE |
| elated |
marked by high spirits:EXULTANT |
| eleemosynary |
of, relating to, or supported by charity |
| elegant |
of a high grade or quality:SPLENDID |
| elegy |
a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially
for one who is dead |
| elephantine |
having enormous size or strength:MASSIVE |
| elevate |
to raise in rank or status:EXALT |
| elf |
a small lively creature; also :a usually lively mischievous
or malicious person |
| elicit |
to draw forth or bring out |
| elitism |
leadership or rule by an elite |
| ellipse |
a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection
of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through
it |
| ellipsis |
the omission of one or more words that are obviously
understood but that must be supplied to make a construction
grammatically complete |
| elliptical |
of or relating to deliberate obscurity (as of literary
or conversational style) |
| elongate |
to extend the length of |
| elucidate |
to give a clarifying explanation |
| emaciate |
to cause to lose f unaffectlesh so as to become very
thin |
| emanate |
to come out from a source |
| emancipate |
to free from restraint, control, or the power of another;
especially :to free from bondage |
| embargo |
a legal prohibition on commerce |
| embark |
to make a start |
| embarrass |
to place in doubt, perplexity, or difficulties |
| embed |
to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| embezzle |
to appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care)
fraudulently to one's own use |
| embolden |
to instill with boldness or courage |
| embrace |
close encircling with the arms and pressure to the bosom
especially as a sign of affection:HUG |
| emigrate |
to leave one's place of residence or country to live
elsewhere |
| eminence |
one that is eminent, prominent, or lofty:as a person
of high rank or attainments |
| emphasis |
special consideration of or stress or insistence on
something |
| emulate |
strive to equal or excel |
| enact |
to establish by legal and authoritative act; specifically:to
make (as a bill) into law |
| enamel |
a hard calcareous substance that forms a thin layer
capping the teeth |
| enclosure |
something that encloses |
| encomium |
glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise; |
| encompass |
1. to form a circle about:ENCLOSE obsolete :to go completely
around 2. to form a circle about:ENCLOSE |
| encounter |
to come upon face-to-face |
| encumber |
to impede or hamper the function or activity of:HINDER |
| encyclopedia |
a work that contains information on all branches of
knowledge or treats comprehensively a particular branch
of knowledge usually in articles arranged alphabetically
often by subject |
| endorse |
to approve openly especially:to express support or approval
of publicly and definitely |
| enduring |
LASTING, DURABLE |
| enervate |
to lessen the vitality or strength of |
| enfeeble |
to make feeble:deprive of strength |
| enfranchise |
to endow with a franchise:as to admit to the privileges
of a citizen and especially to the right of suffrage |
| engender |
to cause to exist or to develop:PRODUCE |
| engross |
to take or engage the whole attention of:occupy completely |
| enigmatic |
of, relating to, or resembling an enigma:MYSTERIOUS |
| enlighten |
to furnish knowledge to:INSTRUCT |
| enmity |
positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill
will |
| ennoble |
to make noble:ELEVATE |
| ennui |
a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction:BOREDOM |
| enrapture |
to fill with delight |
| ensconce |
settle comfortably |
| enslave |
to reduce to or as if to slavery:SUBJUGATE |
| ensue |
to take place afterward or as a result |
| entangle |
to wrap or twist together:INTERWEAVE |
| enthusiasm |
strong excitement of feeling:ARDOR |
| entice |
to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope
or desire:TEMPT |
| entrance |
to carry away with delight, wonder, or rapture |
| entrap |
to catch in or as if in a trap |
| entreaty |
an act of entreating:PLEA |
| entry |
a descriptive record (as in a card catalog or an index) |
| enumerate |
to specify one after another:LIST |
| enunciate |
a:to make a definite or systematic statement of b:ANNOUNCE,
PROCLAIM |
| envision |
to picture to oneself |
| ephemeral |
lasting a very short time |
| epic |
extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in
size or scope |
| epicure |
one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially
in food or wine |
| epigram |
a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically
with a single thought or event and often ending with an
ingenious turn of thought |
| epilogue |
a concluding section that rounds out the design of a
literary work; the final scene of a play that comments
on or summarizes the main action; the concluding section
of a musical composition:CODA |
| episode |
An incident or story in a literary work, separable from
yet growing out of it. |
| epistemology |
the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge
especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| epitomize |
to serve as the typical or ideal example of |
| equable |
marked by lack of noticeable, unpleasant, or extreme
variation or inequality |
| equipoise |
a state of equilibrium |
| equity |
justice according to natural law or right; specifically
:freedom from bias or favoritism |
| equivocal |
subject to two or more interpretations and usually used
to mislead or confuse |
| erect |
1. characterized by firm or rigid straightness in bodily
posture 2. SET UP, ESTABLISH |
| erode |
to diminish or destroy by degrees |
| errant |
traveling or given to traveling |
| erratic |
having no fixed course:WANDERING |
| erudite |
possessing or displaying erudition:LEARNED |
| escalate |
to increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity,
or scope |
| eschew |
to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical
grounds:SHUN |
| esoteric |
designed for or understood by the specially initiated
alone |
| espouse |
to take up and support as a cause:become attached to |
| esteem |
to set a high value on:regard highly and prize accordingly |
| estimable |
worthy of esteem |
| estrange |
to arouse especially mutual enmity or indifference in
where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness:ALIENATE |
| etch |
a chemical agent used in etching |
| eternal |
a:continued without intermission:PERPETUAL b:seemingly
endless |
| ethereal |
a:lacking material substance:IMMATERIAL, INTANGIBLE
b:marked by unusual delicacy or refinement |
| ethics |
the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and
with moral duty and obligation |
| eulogize |
to speak or write in high praise of:EXTOL |
| euphemism |
the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression
for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| euphonious |
pleasing to the ear |
| euphoria |
a feeling of well-being or elation |
| evacuate |
a:to remove especially from a military zone or dangerous
area b:to withdraw from military occupation of c:VACATE |
| evade |
to avoid answering directly:turn aside |
| evanescent |
tending to vanish like vapor |
| evasive |
tending or intended to evade:EQUIVOCAL |
| everlasting |
lasting or enduring through all time:ETERNAL |
| evict |
to force out:EXPEL |
| evoke |
to call forth or up |
| ewe |
the female of the sheep especially when mature; also
:the female of various related animals |
| exacerbate |
to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| exacting |
tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| exaggerate |
to enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal:OVEREMPHASIZE |
| exalt |
to elevate by praise or in estimation:GLORIFY |
| exasperate |
a:to excite the anger of:ENRAGE b:to cause irritation
or annoyance to |
| excavate |
find by digging in the ground ; remove the inner part
or the core of |
| exceptional |
deviating from the norm |
| excerpt |
to select (a passage) for quoting:EXTRACT |
| exclamation |
a sharp or sudden utterance |
| excoriate |
to censure scathingly |
| excrete |
to separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from
the blood or tissues or from the active protoplasm |
| excruciate |
to subject to intense mental distress |
| exculpate |
to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| exculpatory |
Acting or tending to exculpate |
| excursive |
constituting a digression:characterized by digression |
| execrate |
to declare to be evil or detestable:DENOUNCE |
| execute |
to carry out fully:put completely into effect |
| exemplary |
serving as a pattern |
| exempt |
free or released from some liability or requirement
to which others are subjectexempt:liability:pardon:penalty |
| exert |
to bring to bear especially with sustained effort or
lasting effect |
| exhaust |
to consume entirely:USE UP |
| exhilarate |
to make cheerful |
| exhortation |
language intended to incite and encourage |
| exodus |
a mass departure:EMIGRATION |
| exonerate |
to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| exorbitant |
exceeding in intensity, quality, amount, or size the
customary or appropriate limits |
| exotic |
introduced from another country:not native to the place
where found |
| expansive |
characterized by high spirits, generosity, or readiness
to talk:OPEN |
| expedite |
to accelerate the process or progress of:speed up |
| expedition |
efficient promptness:SPEED |
| expiation |
the act of making atonement |
| explicit |
fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication,
or ambiguity:leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets |
| expurgate |
to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive,
or erroneous; especially :to expunge objectionable parts
from before publication or presentation |
| exquisite |
marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious,
delicate, or elaborate execution |
| extant |
currently or actually existing |
| extemporize |
to do something extemporaneously:IMPROVISE; especially
:to speak extemporaneously |
| extenuate |
to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent
of by making partial excuses:MITIGATE |
| exterminate |
to get rid of completely usually by killing off |
| extinct |
no longer existing |
| extinguish |
to cause to cease burning:QUENCH |
| extol |
to praise highly:GLORIFY |
| extort |
to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue
or illegal power:WRING |
| extraneous |
a:not forming an essential or vital part b:having no
relevance |
| extravagant |
a:spending much more than necessary b:PROFUSE, LAVISH |
| extricate |
to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| extrinsic |
not forming an essential or inherent part of a thing;
extraneous. |
| extrovert |
a gregarious and unreserved person |
| exuberant |
joyously unrestrained and enthusiastic |
| exude |
to undergo diffusion |
| exultant |
filled with or expressing great joy or triumph:JUBILANT |
