April 05, 2005

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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