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eccentric - noun One who goes his own way and cares little about the norm.adjectiveDeviating from customary or recognized character; erratic; odd; peculiar. An insight into the eccentric life of Albert Einstein has been provided in a letter written b... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
efface - verb To wipe out, do away with, obliterate, expunge, as in She effaced her most dreadful memories.Note: The related terms self-effacement and self-effacing mean to keep oneself in the background, to exhibit humility. If we work upon marble, ... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
effete - adjective Lacking in wholesome vigor, degenerate, decadent; exhausted of energy or support, worn out. A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.—Fo... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
efficacious - adjective Capable of having the desired result; effective as a method, means, or remedy.Note: The noun form efficacy means effectiveness. For example, to gain FDA approval, a drug company must show the efficacy of the drug. The efficacy... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
effrontery - noun Unblushing impudence or boldness; barefaced audacity; “nerve.”Note: Do not confuse the noun effrontery with the verb and noun affront. The verb affront means “to insult, to offend deliberately”; the noun means “insult” a... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
egoism, egotism - noun Egoism: a philosophical doctrine that morality has its foundations in self-interest.Egotism: an excessive preoccupation with self. Note: Egotism, egoism refer to preoccupation with one's ego or self. Egotism is the common word ... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
egregious - adjective Extraordinary in a bad way, glaring, flagrant, as in an egregious violation of the law. On Jan. 31, 1996, the city ordered the tenants of a Harlem brownstone to move out, saying that a series of code violations had made the buil... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
Elicit: verb, to draw out, to bring forth, to call forth or provoke.Illicit: adjective, not legally permitted or authorized, disapproved of, as in an illicit affair or illicit drug traffic. It is the story-teller’s task to elicit sympathy and a mea... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
verbTo bring out more clearly the facts concerning; to make lucid or clear. The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which converge upon the seat of governm... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
verbElude: to evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice; to escape capture. Also, to escape the understanding of, as in The answer eluded me.Allude: to refer to casually or indirectly. If you want something, it will elude you. If you do... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
verbTo waste away in flesh, to make abnormally lean. Often used as a verbal adjective, as in After his diet, he looked emaciated. It never entered his head to analyse the details of the sick man’s situation, to consider how that body was lying unde... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
verbTo flow out of, to proceed, as from a source, as in The light emanated from the lamp. As the struggle proceeded for making the ruling power emanate from the periodical choice of the ruled, some persons began to think that too much importance had ... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
emigrate, immigrate - vocabulary verbEmigrate: to move out of a country.Immigrate: to come into a country.nounEmigration: the process of leaving a country.Emigrant: the person who leaves.Immigration: process of coming into a country.Immigrant: the person who comes in.Note: Use this ... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
eminent, imminent - vocabulary adjectiveEminent: high in station or rank, prominent, distinguished; prominent; conspicuous. To show the highest in stature, use preeminent (no hyphen).In law, the power of eminent domain is the power of a government to take private property for publ... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
verbTo imitate with the intent to equal or surpass. Gentlemen, I had hoped you might emulate your Saxon forefathers, who thought it not creditable to be unprepared for anything.—President Woodrow Wilson In Wilson: The Academic Years by Henry W. Bra... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
adjectiveCharacteristic of or natural to a particular place or people; indigenous; native; belonging exclusively to or confined to particular place. Dr. Hooker has recently shown that in the S.E. corner of Australia, where, apparently, there are many... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
verbTo render ineffective or inoperative; to deprive of strength or force; to weaken.Note: Do not confuse enervate with invigorate. The two words differ significantly. His musicality is evident in the fresh and lively flow of images, though his tin e... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
verbTo intensify, to raise to a higher degree, to magnify; to raise the value of. Baseball, he determined, would be an excellent hobby. “No sense a man’s working his fool head off. I’m going out to the Game three times a week. Besides, fellow o... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
nounAn inexplicable occurrence or situation, puzzling; a person of puzzling character; a question, saying, or picture with a hidden meaning, a riddle. I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
nounA feeling or condition of animosity, hatred, ill will. Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.—Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892)... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
verbTo dignify, to elevate in degree or respect; to exalt; to confer nobility upon. [S]uffering does not ennoble. It destroys. To resist destruction, self-hatred, or lifelong hopelessness, we have to throw off the conditioning of being despised, the ... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
enormity, enormousness - vocabulary nounEnormity: outrageous or heinous character; largeness of size, immensity.Enormousness: largeness of size or scope.Note: Use enormousness when meaning “large” and enormity when wishing to emphasize the awfulness of something. Enormity is freque... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
nounA sudden appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity; a sudden, intuitive perception of the essential meaning or significance of something, usually initiated by a commonplace occurrence.Note: The proper noun Epiphany names a Christian festival,... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
nounAny word or phrase applied to a person or thing and used to describe an actual or attributed quality, as in The Great Communicator used to describe Ronald Reagan or man’s best friend used to describe a dog.Also, a term of abuse, as in racial ep... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
nounA person or thing that is typical of or represents to a high degree the attributes of an entire class; a summary or abstract of a larger literary work.Note: The word epitome does not mean “pinnacle” or “climax” though many people use it t... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
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