Vocabulary English-English With E Part 2
Engulf (verb)
to flow over completely
- At this point in its life, the Sun's envelope will expand to engulf all of the inner solar system out to Mars.
Enhance (verb)
to endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition
- Students are also expected to enhance the teaching, communication, and administrative skills he will need in his professional career.
Enlarge (verb)
to express at greater length or in detail; to make or become greater or larger
- City-states’ importance were enlarged through the 1990s by the rapid flowering of the Internet and the digital revolution.
Enlist (verb)
to become a member of
- After World War I and II, American women and children were enlisted to help in the war effort by collecting items of rubber and metal for recycling.
Enmity (noun)
positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will
- Laboring to transform the dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy into a triple monarchy including a Slavic kingdom under Croatian leadership, he won the enmity of both the Pan-Serbians and the Pan-Germans, and his support of the Christian Socialist campaign for universal suffrage brought the hostility of the Hungarian magnates.
Enormous (adjective)
of extraordinary size and power
- The community consists of an enormous number of people of every conceivable age, race, religion, lifestyle, income, and opinion.
Enrage (verb)
full of or marked by extreme anger
- Enraged smaller birds are seen driving away larger birds that are trying to invade the smaller birds’ nests.
Enrich (verb)
to make rich or richer especially by the addition or increase of some desirable quality, attribute, or ingredient
- Parts of a gas centrifuge system for enriching uranium were dug up in Baghdad.
Ensemble (noun)
a group of musicians engaged in a performance
- An ensemble of violinists played at the wedding.
Ensue (verb)
to occur as a consequence
- A large battle ensued, but the Vikings were eventually able to resist the attack.
Enterprise (noun)
A commercial organization
- While healthcare strategies abound from diverse viewpoints and divergent professional groups, no one strategy has all the answers to reform the medical healthcare enterprise.
Enthrall (verb)
catching and holding the full attention
- The journal of Lewis and Clark, which depicts their extraordinary journey of eight- thousand miles, is enthralling reading today.
Enthusiast (noun)
one who is ardently attached to a cause, object, or pursuit; one who tends to become ardently absorbed in an interest
- At one time, spotting a cougar in the eastern U.S. ranked alongside an encounter with Bigfoot or a UFO. But over the years, the rise in cougar tales has sparked an interest in wildlife officials and cougar enthusiasts alike.
Entirety (noun)
an amount of quantity from which nothing is left out or held back
- Some mental illnesses are caused by severe abuse during childhood violence so extreme that the child cannot absorb the trauma in its entirety.
Entrap (verb)
to catch or control by a source of danger not easily foreseen and avoided
- Upon locating its food, the anteater entraps it with its sticky saliva, hence making sure that the nest is wiped clean.
Envision (verb)
to picture to oneself: think
- But scientists envision nonmilitary uses.
Envoy (noun)
a person delegated to represent one government in its dealings with another
- In April 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte negotiated the sale of the Louisiana Territory with the envoys of President Thomas Jefferson.
Eon (noun)
a long time
- Collectively, these frozen archives give scientists unprecedented views of global climate over the eons.
Epicenter (noun)
the part of the earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
- Buildings from as far as 50 miles from the epicenter of the 7.9 earthquake suffered extensive damage.
Episode (noun)
something significant that happens
- Most people have observed mild dissociative episodes in which they lose touch with their surroundings. Examples include daydreaming, highway hypnosis, or losing oneself in a movie or book.
Equation (noun)
statement that two mathematical expressions are equal
- Sucrose + H2O v Glucose + Fructose: We will need to remember that equation for the test.
Equidistant (adjective)
being the same distance as something else
- In the copper crystal the spheres are packed closely together in such a fashion that each atom has twelve equidistant neighbors.
Equilibrium (noun)
a stable state characterized by the cancellation of all forces by equal opposing forces
- The fusion process released tremendous amounts of heat and light which could then combat the compressing force of gravity; eventually, the two forces reached equilibrium.
Equip (verb)
to supply what is needed for some activity or purpose
- To further their success, psychics must equip themselves with the fundamental knowledge regarding human nature that most of us do not normally appreciate.
Equivalent (adjective)
equal in force, amount, or value; also : equal in area or volume but not admitting of superposition; corresponding or virtually identical especially in effect or function "
- This is a boon to employers," said Ross Eisenbrey, policy director for the liberal Washington based think tank. "They'll be given a green light to exempt people (from overtime) whom Congress never intended to be treated as the equivalent of doctors and lawyers."
ERA (NOUN)
A LARGE DIVISION OF GEOLOGIC TIME USUALLY SHORTER THAN AN EON
- FOR EXAMPLE, 65 MILLION YEARS AGO A 6.2-MILE (10 KILOMETER)-DIAMETER ASTEROID IMPACT RESULTED IN A 100-MILLION-MEGATON EXPLOSION THAT EXCAVATED A 112-MILE (180 KILOMETER)-WIDE CRATER ON THE YUCATÁN PENINSULA IN MEXICO AND BROUGHT THE DINOSAUR ERA TO AN END.
ERADICATE (VERB)
TO DESTROY ALL TRACES OF
- EVEN THOUGH SMALLPOX WAS ERADICATED TWO YEARS AFTER THE LAST KNOWN CASE WAS REPORTED IN SOMALIA IN 1977, IT IS STILL CONSIDERED A DANGER DUE TO THE POTENTIAL TERRORIST THREAT IT POSES IF USED AS A BIOLOGICAL WEAPON.
ERECT (VERB)
TO MAKE OR FORM A STRUCTURE
- IN MORE MODERN TIMES IN THE UNITED STATES, WINDMILLS WERE ERECTED AS THE WEST WAS BEING DEVELOPED DURING THE LATE 19TH CENTURY.
Erode (verb)
to consume gradually, as by chemical reaction, friction, etc.
- Powerful waves caused by a storm off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean eroded more than 150 miles of coastline.
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