HSPT Vocab Part 3

elude

to evade, escape

elusive

hard to grab

emancipate

to free

embark

to begin a journey

embellish

to decorate, beautify

enamored

infatuated

encroach

to trespass

endanger

to threaten

endorse

to advocate, to support

endure

to get through

enhance

to improve

enigma

a puzzle

ensure

to guarantee

enthrall

to enchant

enumerate

to name individually

envious

jealous

epitome

perfect example

eradicate

to eliminate

erratic

unpredictable

erroneous

incorrect

essential

necessary

ethical

moral

eulogy

speech of praise

excerpt

part of the whole

exempt

not required to

exhibit

to display

exonerate

to free of blame

exorbitant

excessive

expedient

advantageous

expedite

to speed up

fabricate

to dream up, to contrive

fallacy

false belief

feasible

possible

feeble

weak

feign

to pretend

festive

joyous

fiendish

devilish

flagrant

blatant

flair

ability

flaunt

to show off

flexible

easily changed

florid

elaborate

fluctuate

to vary

foresight

awareness, preparedness

forfeit

to give up

formidable

awesome

frantic

distraught, worried

frenetic

energetic

frivolous

trivial

frugal

thrifty

fugitive

someone escaping

fundamental

basic

futile

ineffective

garrulous

chatty

gaunt

thin, bleak

generate

to make

generous

giving

genial

pleasant, gracious

gingerly

cautious

gist

direction, idea

grandiose

extravagant

gratify

to satisfy

grave

serious

gregarious

friendly, social

grueling

exhausting

gullible

easily deceived

gusto

spunk, liveliness

hamper

to hinder or slow

hapless

unlucky

harbor

to protect

harmonious

agreeable

hasten

to speed up

haughty

arrogant

hinder

to get in the way of

hindrance

something in the way

humane

compassionate, kind

humble

modest

hybrid

mixture

hypothesis

formulation

illiterate

unable to read

illustrious

celebrated

immaculate

clean, spotless

immensely

extremely

imminent

about to happen

Vimmune

unaffected

impair

to damage

impartial

unprejudiced

impeccable

flawless

impede

to obstruct

impediment

a hindrance

imperative

important

Vimpulsive

without thought

incensed

angry

incessant

never ending

incompetent

incapable

inconspicuous

hidden

incriminate

to accuse

indecent

offensive

indifferent

not caring

indispensable

necessary