Lesson 19   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
engulf
enigma
enmity
entice
entrepreneur
enumerate
envelop
eon
ephemeral
epic
epigram
epitaph
equanimity
era
eradicate
erode
erratic
erudite
eschew
esoteric
espouse
essay
esteem
eternal
ethereal
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      enmity 1. a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism; rancor
___________________________ 2. an obscure, seemingly contradictory, or ambiguous phenomenon, statement, drawing, or the like; conundrum; closed; riddle
___________________________ 3. a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
___________________________ 4. to cover, wrap, enclose, or surround; invest; enwrap
___________________________ 5. to cover entirely; envelop, as by an abyss or flood; overflow; deluge; overwhelm
___________________________ 6. referring or pertaining to a long poem that celebrates a hero or heroes and recounts their deeds in a grand style.
___________________________ 7. an indefinitely long period of time; age.
___________________________ 8. to name or list one by one; number; tell; tale
___________________________ 9. lasting for only a short period; volatile; passing
___________________________ 10. mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium; sangfroid; coolness
___________________________ 11. characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly
___________________________ 12. to completely destroy; annihilate; obliterate; wipe (out); root
___________________________ 13. not occurring predictably or consistently; unpredictable; errant; devious
___________________________ 14. to take up or commit oneself to (a cause or idea); marry; catch
___________________________ 15. to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration; estimation
___________________________ 16. light, airy, or tenuous; vaporous; aerial
___________________________ 17. having no beginning or end; existing outside of time; timeless; sempiternal; perdurable
___________________________ 18. a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence.
___________________________ 19. to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle; seduce; toll; entrap
___________________________ 20. a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
___________________________ 21. a short, usu. prose literary work that expresses the writer's ideas, feelings, and opinions on a particular subject; seek; assay; attempt
___________________________ 22. to slowly wear away, eat into, or destroy by the action of friction or the like; scour; wear (away)
___________________________ 23. a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc; age
___________________________ 24. belonging to the select few; hermetic; recondite; deep
___________________________ 25. to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid; double; bilk