Everyday Barron's Wordlist 1451-1475
< emolument N. salary; payment for an office; compensation empathy N. ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.; identification with and understanding of another's feelings; V. empathize; CF. sympathy compassion N. sympathy for the suffering of others; ADJ. compassionate empirical adj. based on experience emulate V. imitate; rival; try to equal or excel (through imitation) enamored adj. in love; Ex. enamored of his own beauty; V. enamor: inspire with love encipher V. encode; convert a message into code; put into cipher enclave N. territory enclosed within an alien land encomiastic adj. praising; eulogistic; N. encomium: very high praise; eulogy encompass V. surround; include; Ex. His activities encompass publishing and computers. encroachment N. gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time; V. encroach: take another's possessions or right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex. encroach on/upon endearment N. fond word or act; expression of affection endear V. make beloved; Ex. endear her to everyone; ADJ. dear: loved; cherished; high-priced endemic N. prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country; peculiar to a particular region or people; CF. pandemic endorse V. approve; support; write one's signature on the back of; N. endorsement; CF. dorsal endue V. provide with some quality; endow enduring lasting; surviving; V. endure: bear (pain or suffering) for a long time; remain alive (in spite of difficulties); last; survive energize V. invigorate; give energy to; make forceful and active enervate V. weaken; take away energy from enfranchise V. admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote); CF. franchise engage V. attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself; confront; fight; enter into confliction; interlock; lock together; participate; N. engagement: agreement to marry; arrangement to meet someone or to do something; battle engaging adj. charming; attractive
encumber burden; N. encumbrance
