IBPS RRB Officers Selection Exam: Word List: Vocabulary E

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Word List: E

earthenware: Dishes made of baked clay
ebullience: Exuberance, outburst of feeling
ebullient: Overflowing with enthusiasm; showing excitement
ecumenical: Representing the whole Christian world
edacious: Voracious, devouring
eddy: Circular or spiral movement (e. g. Of wind)
effete: Infertile, worn out, weak
efficacy: Production of a desired result
effluvia: Outflow in a stream of particles; a noxious odor or vapor
effrontery: Boldness, impudence, arrogance
egress: Way out, exit
elaborate: Worked out with much care in great detail
elate: Stimulate
elation: High-spirits
electorate: All the electors
elegy: a lament, a melancholy composition
elicit: Draw out
eloquence: Fluent speaking; skillful use of language
emaciate: Make thin and weak
embellish: Make beautiful
embezzle: Use in a wrong way for one՚s own benefit
emergence: Emerging
emote: Stir up, excite
empirical: Relying on experiment
encapsulate: Enclose in capsule
encomium: Warm or glowing praise; eulogy, panegyric
encumbrance-burden; things that get on the way of
endearing-making dear or liked
endemic: Epidemic
endemic: Prevailing in a specific area
endorse: Write one՚s name on the back of
enduring: Lasting
enervate: Weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate
engender: Cause, produce, give rise to
engrave: Impress deeply
engrossing: Taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or formal
engulf: Swallow up
enigma-smth that is puzzling
enmity: Hatred; being an enemy
enormity-excessive wickedness; evilness
enormousness: Great size
entangle-put into difficulties
entreat: Ask earnestly
enzyme: Catalyst
epicure: Food lover, a connoisseur of food
epicurean: Devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
epistle: Letter
epithet: Adjective
epitome: Brief summary; representative example; a typical model
equable: Steady, regular
equanimity: Calmness of temperament
equilibrium: State of being balanced
equipoise: Equal distribution of weight; equilibrium
equivocal: Having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious
equivocate-try to deceive by equivocal language
eradicate: Get rid of; pull up by the roots
erasure: Erasing, removing all traces
erode: Wear away, eat into
erratic: Irregular in behavior or opinion
erudite: Learned, scholarly
escalate: Increase, develop
esoteric: Abstruse; intended only for a small circle of
espouse: Marry; give one՚s support to
eulogy: Formal praise; panegyric
euphoria: Elation; state of pleasant excitement
euthanasia: Easy and painless death
evaluating: Finding out the value
evaporate-change into vapor, disappear, die
evince: To show clearly, to indicate
evoke: Call up, bring out
evolve: Unfold, develop naturally and gradually
excoriate: To flay, strip off the skin; to denounce sharply
excoriation: Severe criticism
exculpate: Free from blame
exculpate: To clear from a charge of guilt
exert: But forth; bring into use
exertion: Instance of exerting
exhaustive: Complete, thorough
exigency: Emergency, an urgent situation
exonerate: Free; clear
exoneration: Set smb clear, free (e. g. From blame)
exorbitant: Much too high or great
expatiate: To roam, wander freely
expedient: Likely to be useful for a purpose
expiation: Ending; expiring
exploit: Brilliant achievement; develop; use selfishly
expostulate: Argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest
expurgate: To remove obscenity, purify, censor
exscind: To cut out, cut away
exsert: Thrust out, push forth
extant: Still in existence
extensive: Far-reaching
extenuate: Reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially excuse
extinct: No longer active
extirpate: To destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind
extol: Praise highly
extort: Obtain by threats, violence
extralegal: Outside the law
extricable: That can be freed
extrovert: Cheerful person
exuberance: State of growing vigorously; being full of life
earthenware: Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun. Ebullient: Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling. Edacious: Given to eating. Edible: Suitable to be eaten. Educe: To draw out:
effete: Exhausted, as having performed its functions.
efficacy: The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it. Effrontery: Unblushing impudence. Effulgence: Splendor.
egregious: Extreme. Egress: Any place of exit. Emaciate: To waste away in flesh.
embellish: To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features.
embezzle: To misappropriate secretly.
emblazon: To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
encomium: A formal or discriminating expression of praise.
encumbrance: A burdensome and troublesome load.
endemic: Peculiar to some specified country or people.
enervate: To render ineffective or inoperative.
engender: To produce.
engrave: To cut or carve in or upon some surface. Enigma: A riddle. Enmity: Hatred.
entangle: To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications. Entreat: To ask for or request earnestly.
epicurean: Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.
epithet: Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in “Father Aeneas”
epitome: A simplified representation.
equable: Equal and uniform; also, serene.
equanimity: Evenness of mind or temper.
equanimity: Calmness; composure.
equilibrium: A state of balance.
equivocal: Ambiguous.
equivocate: To use words of double meaning. Erudite: Very-learned. Eschew: To keep clear of. Espy: To keep close watch.
eulogy: A spoken or written laudation of a person՚s life or character.
euphonious: Characterized by agreeableness of sound.
evanescent: Fleeting.
evince: To make manifest or evident.
evoke: To call or summon forth.
exacerbate: To make more sharp, severe, or virulent. Exculpate: To relieve of blame. Exhaustive: Thorough and complete in execution. Exigency: A critical period or condition.
exigency: State of requiring immediate action; also, an urgent situation; also, that which is required in a
exorbitant: Going beyond usual and proper limits.
expatiate: To speak or write at some length.
expedient: Contributing to personal advantage.
expiate: To make satisfaction or amends for:
explicate: To clear from involvement.
expostulate: To discuss.
expropriate: To deprive of possession; also, to transfer (another՚s property) to oneself.
extant: Still existing and known.
extempore: Without studied or special preparation.
extenuate: To diminish the gravity or importance of:
extinct: Being no longer in existence.
extinguish: To render extinct.
extirpate: To root out; to eradicate.
extol: To praise in the highest terms.
extort: To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity. Extraneous: Having no essential relation to a subject. Exuberance: Rich supply.