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GRE Vocab E
GRE Words that start with E
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05/28/2011
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Ebullent
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exhilirated
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Eccentric
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departing from norms or convensions
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Eclectic
 Definition
made from variety of sources
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Edify
 Definition
instruct morally or spiritually
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Efficacy
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effectivness
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Effigy
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likeness of a person; stuffed doll
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Effluvia
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outflow in a steam of particles
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Effrontery
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audacity; imputent boldness
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Effusive
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extermely demonstrative
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Egress
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a path to go out; right to go out
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Elegy
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sorrowful poem
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Embellish
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add ficitious details
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Emollient
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soothing
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Empirical
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based on observation or experiment
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Encomium
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warm praise
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Endemic
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inherent to certain place
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Enervate
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reduce in strength
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Engender
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to produce, cause or bring about
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Ennui
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restleness resulting from boredom
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Enormity
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excessive wickedness
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Enumerate
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count, list, itemize
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Ephemeral
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shot lived
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Epicure
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person with refine tastes in food or wine
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Episodic
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sporadic in occurance
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Epithet
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disparaging word or phrase
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Epitome
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embodiment
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Equanimity
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compsure; self calmness
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Equivocate
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use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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Errant
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wandering
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Erstaz
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fake; artifical
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Erudite
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learned, scholarly, bookish
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Eschew
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shun, avoid
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Esoteric
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understood by a few
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Estimable
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admirable
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Ethos
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character of a group
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Eulogy
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speech in praise of someone
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Euphemism
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ue of inoffenisve word (politically correct)
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Euphony
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pleseant, harmonious sound
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Evanesecnt
 Definition
vanishing
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Evince
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to show clearly
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Exacerbate
 Definition
make worse
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Excoriate
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censure scathingly
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Exculpate
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clear from balme
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Exegesis
 Definition
critical examination
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Exemplar
 Definition
standard specimen
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Exigent
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urgent
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Exponent
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one who champions or advocates
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Expurgate
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censor
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Extirpate
 Definition
to destroy, exterminant
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