 |  Vocabulary Letter E 21 Flashcards |  Start |
 | Meaning |  Card: 1 / 21 |
| extremely lively, enthusiastic Example: She became ebullient upon receiving an acceptance letter from her first-choice college. | Card: 2 / 21 |
| intensely and overpoweringly happy Example: The couple was ecstatic when they learned that they had won the lottery. | Card: 3 / 21 |
| to wipe out, obliterate, rub away Example: The husband was so angry at his wife for leaving him that he effaced all evidence of her presence; he threw out pictures of her and gave away all her belongings. | Card: 4 / 21 |
| effective Example: My doctor promised me that the cold medicine was efficacious, but I’m still sniffling. | Card: 5 / 21 |
| radiant, splendorous Example: The golden palace was effulgent. | Card: 6 / 21 |
| complex, detailed, intricate Example: Dan always beats me at chess because he develops such an elaborate game plan that I can never predict his next move. | Card: 7 / 21 |
| a speech given in honor of a dead person Example: At the funeral, the widow gave a moving elegy describing her love for her husband. | Card: 8 / 21 |
| expressive, articulate, moving Example: The priest gave such an eloquent sermon that most churchgoers were crying. | Card: 9 / 21 |
| to evade, escape Example: Despite an intense search, the robber continues to elude the police. | Card: 10 / 21 |
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| to steal money by falsifying records Example: The accountant was fired for embezzling $10,000 of the company’s funds. | Card: 11 / 21 |
| to express emotion Example: The director told the actor he had to emote, or else the audience would have no idea what his character was going through. | Card: 12 / 21 |
| to fill with love, fascinate, usually used in passive form followed by “of” or “with” Example: I grew enamored of that boy when he quoted my favorite love poem. | Card: 13 / 21 |
| to weigh down, burden Example: At the airport, my friend was encumbered by her luggage, so I offered to carry two of her bags. | Card: 14 / 21 |
| to grant the vote to Example: The Nineteenth Amendment enfranchised women. | Card: 15 / 21 |
| mystifying, cryptic Example: That man wearing the dark suit and dark glasses is so enigmatic that no one even knows his name. | Card: 16 / 21 |
| boredom, weariness Example: I feel such ennui that I don’t look forward to anything, not even my birthday party. | Card: 17 / 21 |
| to charm, hold spellbound Example: The sailor’s stories of fighting off sharks and finding ancient treasures enthralled his young son. | Card: 18 / 21 |
| relating to or contained in letters Example: Some people call me “Auntie’s boy,” because my aunt and I have such a close epistolary relationship that we write each other every day. | Card: 19 / 21 |
| composure Example: Even though he had just been fired, Mr. Simms showed great equanimity by neatly packing up his desk and wishing everyone in the office well. | Card: 20 / 21 |
| learned Example: My Latin teacher is such an erudite scholar that he has translated some of the most difficult and abstruse ancient poetry. | Card: 21 / 21 |
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