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Ephemeral
: MEANING: Lasting only a short time
SENTENCE: The mayfly is an ephemeral creature; it only lives for a
couple of hours.
Equanimity:
MEANING: Calmness and composure, especially in difficult
situations
SENTENCE: She accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity.
Equitable:
MEANING: Impartial or fair
SENTENCE: The mediator suggested an equitable solution for both
parties.
Equivocate:
MEANING: To speak vaguely so as to conceal the truth
SENTENCE: After Sharon brought the car home an hour after her curfew,
she equivocated when her parents pointedly asked her where she had been.
Erroneous
: MEANING: Wrong, incorrect
SENTENCE: I thought my answer was correct, but it was erroneous; it's
usually the case for tricky questions.

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Erudite:
MEANING: Well-educated, having or showing great knowledge
or learning
SENTENCE: Steve turned any conversation into an erudite discussion.
Esoteric:
MEANING: Understood by only a few people with specialized
knowledge or interests; obscure
SENTENCE: She read a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories.
Eulogy:
MEANING: Expression of praise, often on the occasion of
someone's death.
SENTENCE: All the eulogies of his friends were read in church and the
funeral was attended by many.
Euphemism:
MEANING: an expression substituted for one considered to
be too blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
SENTENCE: The phrase ‘passed away’ is a euphemism for saying
someone died.
Euphoria:
MEANING: A feeling of extreme excitement
SENTENCE: Katie was euphoric after she got an admission at Harvard
University, with full scholarship.
Exacerbate:
MEANING: Make worse
SENTENCE: The cream the doctor prescribed only exacerbated the rash
on Steve’s foot.
Exacting:
MEANING: Extremely demanding
SENTENCE: The author’s requirements were exacting, the editor would
need weeks to do the work.

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Exculpate:
MEANING: Show someone is free from blame
SENTENCE: I will present evidence of innocence and honesty in his 10
years of service for this country that will exculpate my client from such
groundless charges.
Exigency:
MEANING: Urgent requirement or need
SENTENCE: Political decisions are presented as a matter of exigency, as
though there were no other choice.
Exonerate:
MEANING: Officially absolve from blame; release from
obligation or duty
SENTENCE: In order to work in the USA, one requires proof of
exoneration from any criminal act.
Extraneous:
MEANING: Irrelevant; of external origin
SENTENCE: We create bubbles of information, silos of opinion, and we
tune out all that is extraneous or disagreeable.
Extrapolation:
MEANING: The action of estimating by extension of
current trends, or applying current methods
SENTENCE: I extrapolate that getting home will take 20 minutes as it
took 20 minutes to get there.

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Facetious
: MEANING: Inappropriately funny, flippant
SENTENCE: Facetious remarks about a classmate are inappropriate at the
serious moment when you got an excellent score in the exam, but your
classmate got a very poor score.