boiling; bubbling with excitement; exuberant; Cammie was ebullient when her fairy codmother said she could use one of her three wishes for more wishes
edify
"to enlighten; to instruct
efface
to erase; to rub away the features of; the inscription on the tombstone had been effaced by centuries of weather
effusion
a pouring forth
effusive
highly emotional
egalitarian
believing in the social and economic equality of all people
elliptical
oval; missing a word or words; obscure; the announcement was elliptical-the government didn�t want the reporters to know what was going on
eminent
well-known and respected; standing out from all others in quality or accomlishment; outstanding
empirical
relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical
emulate
to strive to equal or excel ususally through imitatino
encroach
to make gradual or stealthy infroads into; to trespass
endemic
native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous; that tree is endemic to our part of the country
enervate
to reduce the strength or energy of. Especially to do so gradually; sander felt enervated by his long ordeal and couldn�t make himself get out of bed. Life seemed to enervate the old man
enfranchise
to grant the privileges of citizenship. Especially the right to vote
engender
to bring into existence; to create; to cause; the bitter lieutenant engendered discontent among his troops
enigma
a mystery
enormity
extremely evil; a hideous offense; immensity; hitler's soldiers stormed through the village committing one enormity after another
ephemeral
lasting a very short time
epigram
a prief and usually witty or satirical saying
equanimity
composure; calm
equitable
fair; king solomon's decision was equitable; each mother would receive half the child
equivocal
ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being niterpreted in more than one way
erudite
"scholarly
esoteric
hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar
espouse
to support; to advocate
ethereal
heavenly; as light and insubstantial as a gas or ether
euphemism
a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one
evansecent
fleeting; vanishing; happening for only the briefest period
exacting
extremely demanding; difficult; requiring great skill or care
exalt
to raise high; to glorify
exhort
to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to
exigency
an emergency; an urgency
exigent
pressing; demanding
exonerate
to free completely from blame; to exculpate
expedient
providing an immediate advantage; serving one's immediate self interest; practical
explicit
clearly and directly expressed
extol
to praise highly; to laud
extraneous
unnecessary; irrelevant; extra
extricate
to free from difficulty; it took 2 days to extricate the little girl from the abandoned well into which she had fallen
exult
to rejoice; to celelbrate
facetious
humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous
facile
fluent; skillful in a superficialb way; easy; to say that a writer's style is facile is to say both that it is ksillfull and that it would be better if the writer exerted himself or herself more
farcical
absurd; ludicrous
fastidious
meticulous; demanding; finicky
fatalist
someone who believes future events are already determined and that umans are powerless to change them
fatuous
foolish; silly; idiotic
fecund
fertile; productive
fetter
to restrain; to hamper; remember unfettered means uninhibited