E (11-20)
ebullience (n)
ebullient (adj)
- overflowing enthusiasm
- boiling or seeming to boil, bubbling
Ex:
Lava is in a liquid and ebullient state
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ecumenical (n)
- Of universal nature
- Related to worldwide Christian church
- Concerned with promoting unity among religions
Ex:
Pope is a ecumenical figure
Dont keep your thoughts narrow, make them ecumenical
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edacious (adj)
edacity (n)
- Voracious, Devouring
- Related to eating
- greedy, eager
Etymology: edere - to eat
Ex:
His edacious appetite was a trouble to many of us
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efficacy (n)
- Effectiveness
- Power or capacity to produce the desired result
Ex:
The minister's efficacy in handling this type of situation was in qn
The efficacy of this medicine in curing the disease cant be doubted
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effluvia (n) (pl)
effluvium (n) (sin)
- byproduct, waste
- usually invisible emanation or exhalation
effluent (adj)- flowing out
Etymology: fluere - to flow
Ex:
The effluvia out of this factory is causing potential damage to the surroundings here.
The effluent gets mixed up with the river water and makes it unfit to drink
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effrontery- brazen boldness, presumptuousness, chutzpah
Ex:
Who would have such an effrontery to speak against the leader?
I despise you because, you have scaled peaks with your efrontery!
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egress
- The act or right to come out or to go out
- A place or means to go out : Exit
Ex:
We have stepped up the security measures at the egress of the company
The refugees who pleaded for egress were disappointed when it was turned down
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emaciate (v)
emaciation (n)
- To become thin, mostly 'cos of starvation
Ex:
Because of drought last year, children started to emaciate
The therapy did nothing good to him, except emaciating him
The body emaciated because of the wounds and the pain she suffered
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embellish (v)
- To decorate, make beautiful
- To add ornamental and fictitious details, dramatize
Ex:
The writer embellishes too much in her novel
The mother worked too much to embellish her daughter for the marriage
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