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Vocabulary: E

21 words starting with E at the beginner level

eager

wanting to do or have something very much

enthusiastickeen

Ebullient

Cheerful and full of energy.

Exuberantbuoyantjoyful

Eclectic

Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

Wide-rangingbroaddiverse

Eloquent

Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.

Articulateexpressivesilver-tongued

Elucidate

To make (something) clear; explain.

Explainclarifyilluminate

Empirical

Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory.

Observationalexperientialpractical

Enervate

To cause someone to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.

Exhaustfatiguedebilitate

Engender

To cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).

Producecreategenerate

Ephemeral

Lasting for a very short time.

Transitorytransientfleeting

Equanimity

Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.

Composurecool-headednessserenity

Equivocate

To use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.

Prevaricatehedgevacillate

Erudite

Having or showing great knowledge or learning.

Scholarlylearnedknowledgeable

Esoteric

Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge.

Arcanereconditeobscure

Exacerbate

To make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse.

Aggravatecompoundinflame

Excoriate

To criticize severely.

Beratelambastecastigate

Exculpate

To show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing.

Absolveexonerateacquit

Exigent

Pressing; demanding.

Urgentcriticalimperative

Exonerate

To absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.

Acquitabsolvevindicate

Explicable

Able to be accounted for or understood.

Understandablecomprehensibleexplainable

extant

existing, not destroyed or lost

Extraneous

Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with.

Irrelevantimmaterialunconnected

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