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| 1 | emaciate | (verb) grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy" (verb) cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
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| 2 | embellish | (verb) make more beautiful (verb) add details to (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" (verb) be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
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| 3 | embezzle | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
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| 4 | emergence | (noun) the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent (noun) the act of emerging (noun) the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins" (noun) the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
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| 5 | emote | (verb) give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role
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| 6 | empirical | (adjective) derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known" (adjective) relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment"
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| 7 | encapsulate | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news" (verb) enclose in a capsule or other small container
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| 8 | encomium | (noun) a formal expression of praise
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| 9 | encumbrance | (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome (noun) an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" (noun) a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
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| 10 | endearing | (adjective satellite) lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
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| 11 | endemic | (noun) a plant that is native to a certain limited area; "it is an endemic found only this island" (noun) a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location (adjective satellite) originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan" (adjective) native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species" (adjective) of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality; "diseases endemic to the tropics"; "endemic malaria"; "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of th
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| 12 | endemic | (noun) a plant that is native to a certain limited area; "it is an endemic found only this island" (noun) a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location (adjective satellite) originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan" (adjective) native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species" (adjective) of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality; "diseases endemic to the tropics"; "endemic malaria"; "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of th
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| 13 | endorse | (verb) of documents or cheques (verb) guarantee as meeting a certain standard; "certified grade AAA meat" (verb) be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" (verb) give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
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| 14 | enduring | (adjective satellite) patiently enduring continual wrongs or trouble; "an enduring disposition"; "a long-suffering and uncomplaining wife" (adjective satellite) unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths"
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| 15 | enervate | (verb) weaken mentally or morally (verb) disturb the composure of
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| 16 | engender | (verb) make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" (verb) call forth
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| 17 | engrossing | (adjective satellite) capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story"
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| 18 | engrave | (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup" (verb) carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter" (verb) impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory"
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| 19 | engulf | (verb) engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies" (verb) flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely"
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| 20 | enigma | (noun) something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets" (noun) a difficult problem
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| 21 | enmity | (noun) the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" (noun) a state of deep-seated ill-will
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| 22 | enormity | (noun) an act of extreme wickedness (noun) the quality of extreme wickedness (noun) the quality of being outrageous (noun) vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task"
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| 23 | enormousness | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent
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| 24 | entangle | (verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" (verb) entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"
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| 25 | entreat | (verb) ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
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| 26 | enzyme | (noun) any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
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| 27 | epicure | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
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| 28 | epicurean | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) (adjective satellite) furnishing gratification of the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishnes (adjective satellite) devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures" (adjective) of Epicurus or epicureanism; "Epicurean philosophy"
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| 29 | epistle | (noun) especially a long, formal letter
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| 30 | epithet | (noun) a defamatory or abusive word or phrase; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me" (noun) descriptive word or phrase
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| 31 | epitome | (noun) a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father" (noun) a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
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| 32 | equable | (adjective satellite) not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays" (adjective satellite) not varying; "an equable climate"
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| 33 | equanimity | (noun) steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"
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| 34 | equilibrium | (noun) a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head (noun) a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates (noun) equality of distribution (noun) a stable situation in which forces cancel one another
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| 35 | equipoise | (noun) equality of distribution
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| 36 | equivocal | (adjective satellite) uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal" (adjective) open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivo (adjective satellite) open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson
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| 37 | equivocate | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
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| 38 | eradicate | (verb) kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" (verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
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| 39 | erasure | (noun) deletion by an act of expunging or erasing (noun) a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure" (noun) a correction made by erasing; "there were many erasures in the typescript"
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| 40 | erode | (verb) remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" (verb) become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
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| 41 | erratic | (adjective satellite) liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" (adjective satellite) likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster (adjective satellite) having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"
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| 42 | erudite | (adjective satellite) having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"
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| 43 | escalate | (verb) increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
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| 44 | esoteric | (adjective) confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"
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| 45 | esoteric | (adjective) confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"
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| 46 | espouse | (verb) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith" (verb) choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" (verb) take in marriage
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| 47 | eulogy | (noun) a formal expression of praise
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| 48 | euphoria | (noun) a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation
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| 49 | euthanasia | (noun) the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
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