® Duplicity: double-dealing hypocrisy: People were shocked and dismayed when they learned of his duplicity in this affair for he had always seemed honest and straightforward.
® Dynamic: active, efficient: A dynamic government is necessary to meet the demands of a changing society.
® Ejaculation: exclamation: He could not repress an ejaculation of surprise when he heard the news.
® Elation: a rise in spirits, exaltation: He felt no elation at finding his lost purse.
® Elusive: evasive, baffling, hard to grasp: His elusive dreams of wealth were costly to those of his friends, who supported him financially.
® Emancipate: set free: At first, the attempts of the Abolitionists to emancipate the slaves were unpopular in New England as well as in the South.
® Embezzlement: diverting (money etc.) fraudenty to one’s own use: The firm’s accountant confessed his embezzlement of the funds.
® Embryonic: undeveloped, rudimentary: The evil of class and race hatred must be eliminated while it is still in an embryonic state; otherwise it may grow to dangerous proportions.
® Eminent: high, lofty: After his appointment to this eminent position, he seldom had time for his former friends.
® Emolument: salary, compensation: His emolument as a part time lecturer amounts to Rs. 75,000/- a year.
® Encroachment: gradual intrusion: The encroachment of the factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.
® Energize: invigorate, make forceful and active: We shall have to re-energize our activities by getting new members to carry on.
® Enhance: advance, improve: Your chances for promotion in this department will be enhanced if you take some more courses in evening school.
® Enigma: puzzle: He has worked here for years but he is still an enigma to all of us.
® Enigmatic: obscure, puzzling: Many have sought to fathom the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa.
® Enormity: hugeness (in a bad sense): He did not realize the enormity of his crime until he saw what suffering he had caused.
® Ensue: follow: The evils that ensued were the direct result of the miscalculations of the leaders.
No comments:
Post a Comment