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Effrontery:
MEANING: Rude or impertinent behaviour
SENTENCE: The teacher condones no effrontery in her classroom.
Egregious:
MEANING: Extremely bad to such an extent that it becomes
shocking
SENTENCE: The prime minister’s abuse of power was so egregious that
even his own family deserted him and asked the international courts to
take action against him.
Elegy
: MEANING: a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

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SENTENCE: An example of an elegy is a poem written to honour a
deceased man
Elicit:
MEANING: Draw out a reaction, answer, or fact
SENTENCE: I tried to elicit a smile from Joanna.
Eloquence
: MEANING: Persuasive speech or writing
SENTENCE: She spoke with such eloquence at the meeting.
Embellish:
MEANING: Decorate and adorn; add details to a story that
may not be accurate
SENTENCE: My mother-in-law's stories about her journey from Russia
made us laugh because she embellished the bare facts of her travels with
humorous anecdotes.
Empirical:
MEANING: Based on experience or experimentation
SENTENCE: He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his
reliance entirely on empirical data.
Emulate:
MEANING: Imitate; match or surpass by imitation
SENTENCE: Many singers wished to emulate Elvis Presley.
Endemic:
MEANING:) Regularly found among particular people or in a
certain area (of a disease or condition)
SENTENCE: Is surging inequality endemic to capitalism?
Enervate:
MEANING: To weaken physically, mentally or morally
SENTENCE: The long suffering from paralysis has enervated him.

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Engender:
MEANING: Give rise to, cause (a feeling, situation, or
condition)
SENTENCE: The issue of race raised by the politician has engendered
continuing controversy.
Enhance:
MEANING: Further improve the quality, value, or extent of;
intensify, increase
SENTENCE: His refusal does nothing to enhance his reputation.