vocab by letter "E"
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>>>eclectic===selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources.
>>>effete===having lost one's original power; barren; worn out; exhausted.
>>>efficacy===power to produce desired effect; ADJ. efficacious: effectual.
>>>effrontery===rudeness without any sense of shame.
>>>egregious===notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking.
>>>elusive===evasive; not frank; baffling; hard to grasp, catch, or understand.
>>>emaciated===thin and wasted.
>>>emasculate===weaken; castrate.
>>>emblazon===ornament richly.
>>>embryonic===undeveloped; rudimentary.
>>>enliven===make lively or spirited; animate.
>>>entourage===group of attendants; retinue.
>>>exculpate===clear from blame or guilt.
>>>execrate===curse; express abhorrence for; detest.
>>>exertion===effort; expenditure of much physical work.
>>>exiguous===small in amount; minute.
>>>expatiate===talk at length.
>>>expletive===meaningless word; interjection; profane oath; swear-word.
>>>expiate===make amends for (a sin).
>>>expound===explain.
>>>expunge===cancel; remove a word or name (from a book or list); erase.
>>>expurgate===clean; remove offensive parts of a book.
>>>exquisite===delicate; very finely made; extremely beautiful.
>>>extemporaneous===not planned; impromptu; extempore.
>>>extraneous===not essential; irrelevant.
>>>exude===flow out slowly; discharge.
>>>extricate===free from an entanglement or difficulty.
>>>expatriate===exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land.
>>>extrude===force or push out; thrust out; shape (plastic or metal) by forcing through a die.