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"E" Words
Literary Terms
People and Places
Potpourri
100
earlier
What is prior
100
deserving to be cursed; very bad or wicked or evil
What is execrable
100
the act of finding likenesses and differences (good / better / best)
What is comparision
100
rough and rude; suited to an uncivilized people (barbarians)
What is barbaric
100
desire; wish; way
What is will
200
ability for growth or development which has yet to occur
What is potential
200
overjoyed
What is elated
200
to represent (drawing, painting) or describe (words, music); to portray
What is depict
200
a young girl or maiden
What is a damsel
200
giving off a strong and offensive odor; smelling very awful
What is reeking
300
an outlook which expects a negative and unpleasant outcome
What is pessimistic
300
to produce; to bring out
What is elicit
300
referred
What is alluded
300
a poor villager
What is a peasant
300
the god Jupiter
What is Jove
400
relevant; belonging
What is pertinent
400
desirable; worthy of one's desire
What is enviable
400
a brief description; an abbreviated version of a longer story or event (oral or written)
What is synopsis
400
to live in
What is inhabit
400
a clever and skillful trick or tactic for outwitting the enemy
What is stratagem
500
made or accomplished piece-by-piece; gradually; step-by-step; achieved in stages
What is piecemeal
500
a short statement in memory of a dead person, usually put on a gravestone
What is an epitaph
500
a very narrow and single-focused type of view; an outlook which does not take options and variables into account
What is tunnel vision
500
new members of any group, such as a newly enlisted soldier
What are recruits
500
to eat quickly and with great hunger; to seize and destroy
What is devour