Vocabulary English-English With E Part 1
Easternmost (adjective)
the farthest east of a boundary or territory
- On the easternmost edge of Colorado lies a Native American settlement.
Eccentricity (noun)
deviating from the normal or customary; peculiar behavior
- The high eccentricity of Mercury's orbit would produce very strange effects for an observer on Mercury's surface. At some longitudes the observer would see the Sun rise and then gradually increase in apparent size as it slowly moved toward the zenith.
Eclipse (verb)
to be greater or better than
- Albert Einstein eclipsed his predecessors with his revolutionary breakthroughs in relativity.
Echolocation (noun)
a process of locating distant or invisible objects by means of sound waves reflected back to the emitter (as a bat or a submarine) by the objects
- The biological sonar, or echolocation, of bats and a few other animals is one of nature’s great inventions.
Eerie (adjective)
of a mysteriously strange and usually frightening nature
- Movies also use conditioned stimuli such as darkness or eerie music to arouse the conditioned response of fear.
Efficiency (noun)
the power or capacity to produce a desired result
- Anyone who can read and write can improve the efficiency of their memory.
Eject (verb)
to throw out or off from within; to drive out especially by physical force
- Many scientists have thought for years that the moon was formed during the early days of the solar system when another planet collided with Earth, ejecting fragments of rocky material that condensed into Earth's only satellite.
Elaborate (adjective)
complexly detailed
- Our gut can best be described as a very elaborate food "disassemble" plant.
Elevate (verb)
to increase the level of something; to move something to a higher position
- Studies show an elevated (but so far not statistically significant) risk of lymphatic and hematopoietic cancers for most firefighters.
Elite (adjective)
relating to a group of persons who by virtue of position or education exercise much power or influence
- Early decision started at most elite colleges in the late 1990s as a way for top students to win admission to their first choice of college without having to go through the longer admissions process.
Eloquent (adjective)
vividly or movingly expressive or revealing; person marked by forceful and fluent expression
- Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887), the son of Lyman Beecher, was an eloquent, dramatic, and witty Protestant preacher.
Elusive (adjective)
characterized by or exhibiting evasion
- Since September 11, 2001, American military have been searching for the ever so elusive Osama bin Laden.
Emancipation (noun)
the state of not being in confinement or servitude
- One underlying cause of the Civil War was for the emancipation of all slaves in the South.
Embark (verb)
to go about the initial step in doing something
- When Mozart was 6, he and his older sister, Maria Anna, embarked on a series of concert tours to Europe's courts and major cities.
Embattle (verb)
being a site of battle, conflict, or controversy
- The embattled music industry disclosed aggressive plans Wednesday for an unprecedented escalation in its fight against Internet piracy, threatening to sue hundreds of individual computer users who illegally share music files online.
Embellish (verb)
to endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition
- The success of the cold reading lies in the sitter embellishing selected statements from the reading, with details that make the generalizations appear more accurate than they are.
Embezzlement (noun)
to steal money entrusted to one’s care
- Dubbed the king of white collar crime, Mark Hansen was twice imprisoned for embezzlement.
Embrace (verb)
to encircle, to surround, or to enclose
- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake can be found over varied country, embracing the mountains up to altitudes of 8000 ft, the seacoasts levels, inland plains, desert areas.
Emerge (verb)
to begin to appear or develop
- To compete in the emerging global economy, city-states must mobilize all their skills to protect their center cities and train their workforce to excel in an increasingly competitive world marketplace.
Emission (noun)
discharged vapor or fumes
- In 1972 a law was passed to control the emission of coal into the atmosphere.
Emotionalism (noun)
an appeal to emotion, especially to sway an audience to some belief
- Although, from an early age, Martin Luther King resented religious emotionalism and questioned literal interpretations of scripture, he nevertheless greatly admired black social gospel proponents such as his father who saw the church as a instrument for improving the lives of African Americans.
Empathetic (adjective)
characterized by the projection of one’s personality into the personality of another in order to understand the person better
- Murillo often chose models he felt had empathetic faces for his paintings.
Empirical (adjective)
based solely on experiment and observation rather than theory
- Cognitive Psychology is an empirical science and depends on careful experimental procedures and paradigms to test theories about these mental processes.
Enable (verb)
to give the means, ability, or opportunity to do something
- Sociological research influences the way we think about work and organizational life and enables us to discover new knowledge.
Enactment (noun)
the formal product or a legislative or judicial body
- Unlike other countries which have a nationwide policy, in the United States, the enactment and enforcement of motor vehicle regulation is done by the states.
Encase (verb)
to cover something completely; to enclose something
- Encased in a padded steel cocoon, most drivers are unhurt if they are wearing their seatbelts during the time of the collision.
Encroachment (noun)
the act of trespassing or intruding on the property of another
- From 1863 to 1868, the Sioux fought the army's encroachment.
Encrypt (verb)
to convert information from one system of communication into another; especially: to convert a message into code
- The function that fills in forms offers an option to store credit card numbers too, but the information is encrypted on the hard drive of a user's computer instead of Google's computers, for security and privacy reasons.
Endanger (verb)
to subject to danger or destruction
- Fires help habitats and are important to endangered species of animals that rely on these plants for survival.
Endogamy (noun)
The custom of marrying only within one’s group, clan, or tribe
- Data from the two locations of Stirling's ethnography show a uniform preference for marriage within the community as well as an interesting contrast in rates of endogamy.
Endure (verb)
to remain in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time
- Some towns and schools are named after Oak trees, reminding Californians of things that are free and enduring.
Engage (verb)
to involve someone in an activity
- His concerts were a great success, and the emperor, Joseph II, encouraged him, later (1787) engaging him as court composer.
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