Vocabulary Flashcards: E

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Eclectic

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Choosing ideas, styles, or tastes from a wide range of sources.

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Embezzle

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To steal money that has been entrusted to you.

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Elicit

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To draw out a response, answer, or reaction.

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Empirical

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Based on observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

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Emulate

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To try to match or surpass someone by imitation.

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Espouse

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To support or adopt a belief or cause.

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Extort

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To obtain something, often money, through threats or force.

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Expedite

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To speed up a process or make something happen faster.

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Extraneous

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Not relevant or related to the subject at hand.

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Equivocal

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Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.