GRE Words Starting With E

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

An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement

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

Expressing feelings of gratitude or pleasure in an unrestrained way

Excessively conceited or self-centered

Great happiness and exhilaration

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Including or considering all elements or aspects; fully comprehensive

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

Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources

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