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enumerate
Ex. Huck hung his head in shame as Miss Watson enumerated his many flaws. |
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ephemeral
Ex. With its adult stage lasting less than two days, the mayfly is by definition an ephemeral creature. |
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epic
Ex. Kurosawa's film Seven Samurai is an epic that portrays the struggle of seven warriors to destroy a band of robbers. |
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| long heroic poem, or similar work of art |
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epicure
Ex. Epicures patronize this restaurant because it features exotic wines and dishes. |
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| connoisseur of food and drink |
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episodic
Ex. Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity's Rainbow, John found the novel too episodic; he enjoyed individual passages, but had trouble following the work as a whole. |
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| loosely connected; divided into incidents; occuring at intervals |
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equanimity
Ex. Even the inevitable strains of caring for an ailing mother did not distrube Bea's equanimity. |
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| calmness of temperament; composure |
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equivocal
Ex. Rejecting the candidate's equivocal comments on tax reform, the reporters pressed him to say where he stood on the issue. |
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| ambiguous; intentionally misleading |
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erratic
Ex. Investors become anxious when the stock market appears erratic. |
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| odd; unpredictable; wandering |
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erroneous
Ex. I thought my answer was correct, but it was erroneous. |
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erudite
Ex. Though his fellow students thought him erudite, Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider himself a scholar. |
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