Week 4 Vocab LHS AVID 12

If you have Ms. Jennings this is the Vocab to study, you got this!

Elegy (n)

mournful poem, usually about the dead

Elicit (v)

to draw out, provoke

Eloquence (n)

fluent and effective speech

Elucidate (v)

to explain, clarify

Emaciated (adj)

skinny, scrawny, gaunt, esp. from hunger

Emancipate (v)

to set free, liberate

Embellish (v)

to ornament, make attractive with decoration or details; add details to a statement

Embezzle (v)

to steal money in violation of a trust

Embroil (v)

to involve in; cause to fail into disorder

Emend (v)

to correct a text

Eminent (adj)

celebrated, distinguished; outstanding, towering

Emollient (n)

having soothing qualities, especially for skin

Emotive (adj)

appealing to or expressing emotion

Empathy (n)

identification with another's feelings

Emulate (v)

to copy, imitate

Encipher (v)

to translate a message into code

Encore (n)

additional performance, often demanded by audience

Encumber (v)

to hinder, burden, restrict, motion

Endemic (adj)

belonging to a particular area, inherent

Endurance (n)

ability to withstand hardships

Enervate (v)

to weaken, sap strength from

Engender (v)

to produce, cause, bring about

Enigmatic (adj)

puzzling, inexplicable

Enjoin (v)

to urge, order, command; forbid or prohibit, as by judicial order

Enmity (n)

hostility, antagonism, ill

Ennui (n)

boredom, lack of interest and energy

Enormity (n)

state of being gigantic or terrible

Ensconce (v)

to settle comfortably into a place

Enshroud (v)

to cover, enclose with a dark cover

Entail (v)

to involve as a necessary result, necessitate

Enthrall (v)

to captivate, enchant, enslave

Entity (n)

something with its own existence or form

Entomologist (n)

scientist who studies insects

Entreat (v)

to plead, beg

Enumerate (v)

to count, list, itemize

Enunciate (v)

to pronounce clearly

Ephemeral (adj)

momentary, transient, fleeting

Epicure (n)

person with refined taste in food and wine

Epigram (n)

short, witty saying or poem

Epigraph (n)

quotation at the beginning of a literary work

Epilogue (n)

concluding section of a literary work

Epitome (n)

representative of an entire group; summary

Epochal (adj)

very significant or influential; defining an epoch or time

Equanimity (n)

calmness, composure

Equestrian (n)

one who rides on horseback

Equine (adj)

relating to horses

Equivocal (adj)

ambiguous, open to two interpretations

Equivocate (v)

to use vague or ambiguous language intentionally

Eradicate (v)

to erase or wipe out

Errant (adj)

straying, mistaken, roving

Erudite (adj) a

learned, scholarly

Eschew (v)

to abstain from, avoid

Esoteric (adj)

understood only by a learned few

Espouse (v)

to support or advocate; to marry

Estrange (v)

to alienate, keep at a distance

Ethereal (adj)

not earthly, spiritual, delicate

Ethos (n)

beliefs or character of a group

Etymology (n)

origin and history of a word; study of words

Eulogy (n)

high praise, often in a public speech

Euphemism (n)

use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one

Euphony (n)

pleasant, harmonious sound

Euphoria (n)

feeling of well

Eurhythmics (n)

art of harmonious bodily movement

Euthanasia (n)

mercy

Evade (v)

to avoid, dodge

Evanescent (adj)

momentary, transitory, short

Evict (v)

to put out or force out

Evince (v)

to show clearly, display, signify

Evoke (v)

to inspire memories; to produce a reaction

Exacerbate (v)

to aggravate, intensify the bad qualities of

Exasperation (n)

irritation

Excerpt (n)

selection from a book or play

Excommunicate (v)

to bar from membership in the church

Excruciating (adj)

agonizing, intensely painful

Exculpate (v)

to clear of blame or fault

Execrable (adj)

utterly detestable

Exhilaration (n)

state of being energetic or filled with happiness

Exhort (v)

to urge or incite by strong appeals

Exhume (v)

to remove from a grave; uncover a secret

Exigent (adj)

urgent; excessively demanding

Exonerate (v)

to clear of blame

Exorbitant (adj)

extravagant, greater than reasonable

Exorcise (v)

to expel evil spirits

Exotic (adj)

foreign; romantic, excitingly strange

Expansive (adj)

sweeping, comprehensive;

Expatriate (n)

one who lives outside one's native land

Expatriate (v)

to drive someone from his/her native land

Expedient (adj)

convenient, efficient, practical

Expiate (v)

to atone for, make amends for

Expire (v)

to come to an end; die; breathe out

Explicable (adj)

capable of being explained

Explicit (adj)

clearly defined, specific; forthright in expression

Explode (v)

to debunk, disprove; blow up, burst

Exponent (n)

one who champions or advocates

Expound (v)

to elaborate; to expand or increase

Expunge (v)

to erase, eliminate completely

Expurgate (v)

to censor

Extemporaneous (adj)

unrehearsed

Extenuate (v)

to lessen the seriousness, strength or effect of

Extinction (n)

end of a living thing or species