Ebullient: adj. boiling, bubbling with excitement; exuberant
The newborn zombies were ebullient to feast on the people in the town.
Eccentric: adj. not conventional; a little kooky; irregular
As a kid, Thomas Edison was eccentric and tried to hatch eggs by
sitting on them.
Eclectic: adj. choosing the best from many sources; drawn from many sources
*His eclectic choices lead him to succeed as an entrepreneur.
Edify: to enlighten; to instruct, especially in moral or religious matters.
The movie Les Miserables was very edifying in its moral lessons on
love and forgiveness.
Enervate: to reduce the strength or energy of, especially to do so gradually
The disease gradually enervated the old man, and finally he passed away.
Enfranchise: v. to grant the privileges of citizenship, especially the
right to vote
Martin Luther King Jr contributed greatly to the enfranchisement of
black people.
Endemic: adj. native; restricted to a particular region or era;
indigenous (produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a
particular region or environment)
The new strain of the Zombie virus was endemic in that it didn’t
spread beyond the Korean Peninsula.
Engender: v. to bring into existence; to create; to causeàexpected as
a great substitute for the word “make”
The careless experiment engendered a zombie virus which resulted in
the destruction of mankind.
Enigma (uh NIG muh): n. mystery, enigmatic: adj. mystifying, mysterious
How he died that night still remains an enigma.
Enormity: n. extreme evil; a hideous offense; immensity The word does
not mainly mean hugeness (immensity)
The massacre of Jews during World War II is an enormity which can
never be forgotten.
Ephemeral: adj. lasting a very short time
Very small particles such as muons and neutrinos which contribute to
forming universe are usually ephemeral in that we can never observe
them.
Epigram: a brief and witty or satirical saying 풍자적인 글귀, Epigraph: an
apt quotation at the beginning of a book or essay à does have to be in
a form of poem?
Benjamin Franklin’s famous epigram, “Time is money,” pushes me to be diligent.
*Get across: to become clear or convincing.
The teacher was trying to get across a very important point by
assigning the cryptic reading.
Epitome (I PIT uh mee) n. a brief summary that captures the meaning of
the whole; the perfect example of something; a paradigm
The last paragraph is the epitome of the philosopher’s theory.
Equanimity (ek wuh NIM uh tee): n. composure, calm
By showing equanimity, the diplomats were able to reach a peaceful solution.
Equitable (EK wuh tuh bul) adj. fair
Teachers should always be equitable when grading exams.
Equivocal (ih KWIV uh kul) adj. ambiguous
The equivocal explanation made it hard for everyone to understand his position.
Erudite (ER yoo dyte) adj. scholarly; deeply learned
Quantum mechanics is an erudite topic that only few people on earth
can understand.
Esoteric: adj. hard to understand; understood only by a select (adj) few
The ways of the exotic tribe were so esoteric that even
anthropologists could not understand them.
Espouse: to support, to advocate
I espouse the unification of North Korea and South Korea.
Ethereal: adj. heavenly; as light and insubstantial as a gas or ether
The ethereal music made me fall asleep in a few seconds.
Euphemism (YOO fuh miz um) n a pleasant or inoffensive expression used
in place of an unpleasant or offensive one
A euphemism for “died” in Korean is “went up to heaven.”
Evanescent (ev uh NES unt) adj. fleeting; vanishing; happening for
only the briefest period
The evanescent water droplets on the hot asphalt quickly evaporated.
Exacerbate (ig ZAS ur bate) v. to make worse
I slipped in the bathroomk and it exacerbated the state of my injured knee.
Exacting adj. extremely demanding, tryingly severe in making demands,
difficult, requiring great skill or care
The admission standards at Harvard are very exacting in that less than
10% of applicants are admitted.
Exasperate (ig ZAS puh rayt) v. to annoy thoroughly; to make very
angry; to try the patience of
When I was young, I used to exasperate my sister on purpose for fun.
Exemplify v. to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example
Fred exemplifies the values at KMLA as a model student who strives to
excel in many fields.
Exigency: n. an emergency; an urgency
The news alert from a nearby town about a zombie attack pushed the
mayor to declare a state of exigency.
Exonerate (ig ZAHN uh rayt) v. to free completely from blame; to exculpate
The defendant was exonerated by the testimony of his best friend who
accounted for his whereabouts.
The prisoner was exonerated by new evidence after spending twenty
years in jail.
Expatriate (eks PAY tree ayt) v. to throw (someone) out of his or her
native land; to move away from one’s native land; to emigrate
The political supporters of the former dictator were expatriated to an island.
Expedient adj. providing an immediate advantage; serving one’s
immediate self-interest; practical
Making photocopies of all forms of ID is an expedient measure.
Expedite (EK spi dyte) v. to speed up or ease the progress of
The recent findings by the micro-biologist may expedite the cure to cancer.
Explicit: adj. clearly and directly expressed
The zombie movie contained several explicit scenes, which were
extremely violent.
Extol: v. to praise highly; to laud
I hope Mr. Tame extols students who were creative in their assignments
by making sentences about zombies.
Extraneous (ik STRAY nee us): adj. unnecessary; extra; irrelevant
His contributions to the discussion were extraneous and frustrated the
professor.
Extrapolate (ik STRAP uh layt) adj. to project or deduce from
something known; infer
I was able to extrapolate from the infected bite marks on his body
that he was killed by zombies.
Extricate (EK struh kayt) v. to free from difficulty
It took two and a half days to extricate the little girl from the
abandoned well into which she had fallen.
댓글 없음:
댓글 쓰기