Word Smart: word list 39-41

M.Hasan (Bangladesh)
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  1. epigram
    a witty saying
  2. witty
    demonstrating striking cleverness and humor
  3. epigraph
    a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing
  4. epitaph
    an inscription in memory of a buried person
  5. epithet
    descriptive word or phrase
  6. epitome
    a standard or typical example
  7. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
  8. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  9. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  10. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  11. espouse
    choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
  12. ethereal
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
  13. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  14. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  15. exacerbate
    make worse
  16. exacting
    severe and unremitting in making demands
  17. exalted
    of high moral or intellectual value
  18. exasperate
    make furious
  19. exemplify
    be characteristic of
  20. exhaustive
    performed comprehensively and completely
  21. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  22. exigency
    a pressing or urgent situation
  23. existential
    relating to or dealing with the state of being
  24. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  25. expatriate
    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  26. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
  27. expedite
    process fast and efficiently
  28. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  29. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
  30. extrapolate
    draw from specific cases for more general cases
  31. extricate
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  32. extrovert
    a person directed toward others as opposed to the self
  33. exult
    feel extreme happiness or elation
Created on Thu Oct 10 11:48:05 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Oct 10 11:48:16 EDT 2013)

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