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June 19
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34
English
Graduate
06/19/2006

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Term
EGREGIOUS
Definition
conspicuously bad

"The egregious thief conspired to steal all of their money."
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EGRESS
Definition
exit

"This way to the egress, and you'll find the parking lot."
Term
ELATION
Definition
exhilaration, joy

"He felt elation after hearing about his child's success."
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ELEGY
Definition
mournful poem, usually about the dead

"He did not realize that the elegy was about the poet's deceased wife."
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ELICIT
Definition
to draw out; provoke

"Erotic images elicit strong subconscious responses from teenagers."
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EMACIATED
Definition
skinny, scrawny, guant from hunger

"The emaciated prisioner was weak from an improper diet."
Term
EMBEZZLE
Definition
to steal money in violation of a trust

"The employee would embezzle money from the cash register whenever his manager was not looking."
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EMBROIL
Definition
to involve in; cause to fall into disorder

"Critics have claimed that the US has embroiled other countries to fight in their war."
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EMOLLIENT
Definition
having soothing qualities

"This emollient lotion is a great soother."
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EMOTIVE
Definition
appealing to or expressing emotion

"His emotive efforts to win his audience resulted in everyone yelling."
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ENCIPHER
Definition
to translate a message into a code

"Please encipher this message into a cryptic text."
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ENCOMIUM
Definition
warm praise

"After his return from battle, the soldier received much encomium from his family and friends."
Term
ENCUMBER
Definition
to burden, hinder, restrict motion

"The child was encumbered with too much school work, preventing him from playing with his friends."
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ENDEMIC
Definition
belonging to a particular area, inherent

"The endemic trait of gratitude which characterizes Sri Lanka is not found any where else in the world."
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ENDOMAGOUS
Definition
marrying within a specific group due to law or custom

"Some criticize endomagous attempts in Jewish culture to marry only within it."
Term
ENGENDER
Definition
to produce, cause, bring about

"The comic knows how to engender laughs from his audience."
Term
ENJOIN
Definition
to urge, order, command; forbid or prohibit, as by a judicial order

"The soldier was enjoined not to leave the station again."
Term
ENMITY
Definition
hostility, antagonism, ill-will

"The enmity he felt for his opponent was a result of his disparaging remarks."
Term
ENNUI
Definition
boredom, lack of interest and energy

"Perhaps wikkipedia could cure our youth's ennui by provoking them to be interested in learning about new things."
Term
ENSCONCE
Definition
to settle comfortably into a place

"He would like to ensconce himself in academia.:
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ENSHROUD
Definition
to cover, enclose with a dark cover

"Let's enshroud our new grill to prevent it from rusting and losing its color."
Term
ENTOMOLOGIST
Definition
scientist who studies insects

"The entomologist has a vast collection of butterflies and caterpillers."
Term
ENTREAT
Definition
to plead, beg

"I was so desperate, I nearly began to entreat for a job."
Term
ENTRENCHED
Definition
established solidly

"The entrenched opinion will not go away soon."
Term
EON
Definition
indefinitely long period of time

"Scientists predict that the earth first developed live eons ago."
Term
EPICURE
Definition
person with refined taste in food and wine

"The epicure was able to distinguish between a Charles Shaw bottle of wine and an aged one."
Term
EPIGRAM
Definition
short, witty saying or poem

"I learned that roses are red from the epigram."
Term
EPIGRAPH
Definition
quotation at the beginning of a literary work

"Leonard Cohen's epipraph in The Perfect Game is also found in his song."
Term
EPITHET
Definition
an abusive word or phrase

"He should appoligize for using that racial epithet in public."
Term
EPOCHAL
Definition
very significant or influential; defining or epoch or time period

"The epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill saved us from defeat."
Term
EQUANIMITY
Definition
calmness, composure

"Just remember to have equanimity when going to take the test."
Term
EQUESTRIAN
Definition
one who rides on horseback

"The equestrian rancher would always bring his horse."
Term
EQUINE
Definition
relating to horses

"The equine smell always reminds me of old agoura."
Term
EQUIVOCATE
Definition
to use vague or ambiguous language intentionally

"The polititian equivocates his opinion in order to ambiguously appease both conflicting sides."
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