GRE Words Starting With E

To gradually decrease or decline; the movement of tide out to sea

overflowing with enthusiasm and high spirits

drawing from a diverse range of sources or styles

An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement

(noun) A result or consequence; (verb) to bring about or cause

the power to produce a desired effect or result; effectiveness

shameless or insolent boldness

Expressing feelings of gratitude or pleasure in an unrestrained way

Excessively conceited or self-centered

conspicuously and outrageously bad

Great happiness and exhilaration

a mournful poem, especially a lament for the dead

To draw out or evoke a response, answer, or fact

Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing

To make something clear; explain

To evade or escape from skillfully; to fail to be grasped by

Difficult to find, catch, or achieve

To make abnormally thin or weak, especially through illness or starvation

to adorn, or to exaggerate with fictitious details

A tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling

In an early stage of development; rudimentary

In the process of coming into being or becoming prominent

Famous and respected within a particular field; outstanding

based on observation or experiment rather than theory

to strive to equal or imitate, especially by copying

A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly

Regularly found among particular people or in a certain area

To declare one's public approval or support of

Lasting over a period of time; durable

To give vitality, enthusiasm, or energy to; to invigorate

To cause someone to feel drained of energy; to weaken

To make weak or feeble

To cause or give rise to; to produce or bring about

to increase or improve in value, quality, or extent

A puzzling person or thing; something mysterious or inexplicable

Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious

A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement

The great or extreme scale of something bad; a grave crime or sin

Very large in size, quantity, or extent

To make certain that something will occur or be the case

Lasting for a very short time; transitory

Concise, clever, and memorable in expression

A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type

mental calmness and composure, especially under stress

A state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced

Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous

To use ambiguous language to avoid committing to a position; to be deliberately vague

To gradually wear away or diminish

Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable

Wrong; incorrect; based on error

Made or used as an inferior substitute for something genuine

Having or showing great knowledge; scholarly and intellectual

Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge

Lasting or existing forever; without end

To praise highly, especially in a formal speech

A speech praising someone who has died

a mild or inoffensive term substituted for a harsh one

A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness

Intensely happy and elated; a state of intense joy or well-being

Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing

Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly

Plain or obvious; clearly seen or understood

To develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form

To make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse

To hold in very high regard; to raise to a higher rank or level

Not including; other than; to exclude

More than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate

To criticize severely; to strip off the skin

to clear from blame or guilt

Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind

Including or considering all elements or aspects; fully comprehensive

to strongly urge or encourage someone to act

requiring immediate action; pressing or demanding

to free from blame or an obligation

advantageous or convenient, though sometimes improper

To explain or analyze something in detail

Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt

Still in existence; not destroyed or lost

To praise enthusiastically

irrelevant or unrelated to the matter at hand

Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources

to free from a difficulty or entanglement

Not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming from outside