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Vocab 40


1.       Dilatory: Slow and likely to cause delay
His dilatory actions caused them to miss their planes.

2.       Eccentric: Strange or unusual, sometimes in a humorous way.
Alice was eccentric, but everyone loved her odd ways.

3.       Efface: To remove intentionally
He effaced all his test marks from the progress report.

4.       Effervescent: Full of energy, positive and active
She’s one of those effervescent personalities that you often see presenting TV game shows.

5.       Eloquent: Giving a clear, strong message
She made an eloquent appeal for action

6.       Endemic: Especially of a disease or a condition, regularly found and very common among a particular group or in a particular area
There is endemic poverty/violence in many of the country’s cities.

7.       Evasive: Answering questions in a way that is not direct or clear, especially because you do not want to give an honest answer.
No one could understand the cause of her failure on account of her evasive answer.

8.       Enigma: Something that is mysterious and seems impossible to understand completely.
The newspapers were full of stories about the enigma of Lord Krishna’s disappearance.

9.       Enmity: A feeling of hate
The enmity between the two warring nations is centuries old.

10.   Exalt (formal): To raise someone to a higher rank or more powerful position.
(old use): To praise someone a lot

11.   Expunge: To rub off remove information from a piece of writing
His name has been expunged from the list of members.

12.   Expurgate: To remove parts of a piece of writing that are considered likely to cause offence.
The book was expunged to make it suitable for children.

13.   Extraneous: Not directly connected with or related to something.
Extraneous information

14.   Extricate: To remove or set free something with difficulty
It took hours to extricate the car from the sand.
I tried to extricate myself from the situation.

15.   Exacerbate: To make something which is already bad worse.
This attack will exacerbate the already tense relations between the two communities.

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