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MAT Vocabulary (e)
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04/02/2011

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ecclesiastic
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adj. pertaining or relating to a church
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edify
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v. 1. to build or establish; 2. to instruct and improve the mind
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efface
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v. to erase; to remove from the mind
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effrontery
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n. impudence; assurance
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effusive
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adj. pouring out or forth; overflowing
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egregious
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adj. remarkably bad, outrageous
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egress
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v. to depart; to go out
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elegy
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n. a poem of lament and praise for the dead
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elucidate
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v. to make clear or manifest; to explain
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emanate
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v. to send forth; to emit
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embellish
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v. to improve the appearance of
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enamored
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adj. filled with love and desire
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encroach
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v. to trespass or intrude
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encumber
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v. to hold back; to hinder
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endue
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v. to provide with some quality or trait
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enrapture
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v. to fill with pleasure
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epilogue
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n. closing section of a play or novel providing further comment
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epiphany
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n. an appearance of a supernatural being
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epitaph
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n. an inscription on a monument, in honor or memory of a dead person
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epitome
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n. a part that is typical of the whole
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equinox
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n. precise time when the day and night everywhere is of equal length
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equivocate
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v. to be purposely ambiguous
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eschew
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v. to escape from; to avoid
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estranged
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adj. kept at a distance; alienated
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ethereal
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adj. 1. very light; airy; 2. heavenly; not earthly
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euphemism
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n. the use of a word or phrase in place of one that is distasteful
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euphoria
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n. a feeling of well-being
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exhume
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v. to unearth; to reveal
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expunge
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v. to blot out; to delete
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exude
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v. to flow slowly or ooze in drops
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