Expurgate
verb
en: to censor
gr: λογοκρίνω
syns: bleep, bowdlerize, lustrate, purge, sanitize
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This blog is not a dictionary. It is a guide through words which are commonly found in the GRE Verbal Section. Words with greek origins have generally been left out. Not because they are less important, but because I already know them.
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Exponent
noun
en: supporter, advocate
gr: υποστηρικτής, υπέρμαχος
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Explicit
adj
en: clearly stated or shown
gr: ρητός, κατηγορηματικός, σαφής
syns: distinct, lucid, patent, perspicuous, straightforward, unambiguous, unequivocal
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Exonerate
verb
en: to clear of blame
gr: αθωώνω
syns: acquit, exculpate, vindicate
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Exigent
adj
en: urgent, requiring immediate action
gr: επείγον, επιτακτικό
syns: acute, clamant, clamorous, critical, imperative, importunate, menacing
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Exacerbate
verb
en: infuriate, make sth worse
gr: εξοργίζω, επιδεινώνω
syns: aggravate, embitter, enrage, exasperate, provoke, rattle one’s cage, rub salt in a wound
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Euphemism
noun
en: use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
gr: ευφημισμός
syns: circumlocution, delicacy, nice-nellism
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Esoteric
adj
en: known or understood only by a few
gr: γνωστό ή κατανοητό σε λίγους
syns: abstruse, arcane, cabalistic, inscrutable, obscure, occult, recondite
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Eschew
verb
en: avoid, abstain from sth
gr: αποφεύγω, απέχω
syns: abjure, elude, evade, forgo, refrain, renounce, shun
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Ersatz
adj
en: artificial, fake
gr: τεχνητό, ψεύτικο
syns: bogus, counterfeit, dummy, mock, sham, spurious
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Ephemeral
adj
en: lasting a short time
gr: εφήμερο
syns: brief, episodic, evanescent, fleeting, transient, transitory, unenduring, volatile
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Enumerate
verb
en: count, list
gr: καταριθμώ
syns: catalog, cite, inventory, recapitulate, recite, recount, tabulate, tally
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Engender
verb
en: to produce, cause
gr: εκτρέφω, γεννώ
syns: beget, incite, induce, instigate, muster, propagate, rouse, spawn
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Emulate
verb
en: copy
gr: αντιγράφω
syns: ape, ditto, imitate, mimic, mirror, simulate
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Embellish
verb
en: add ornamental or fictitious details
gr: διανθίζω, εξωραΐζω
syns: adorn, amplify, array, beautify, bedeck, elaborate, emblaze, embroider, enhance, enrich, exaggerate, festoon, gussy up, ornament, overstate, spiff up, spruce up
