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- esophagus
- (throat) is where the food passes from your mouth to your stomach
- escort
- an attendant who is employed to accompany someone
- exercise
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
- eruption
- a sudden very loud noise
- emotion
- a response of the whole organism, invloving 1) physiological arousal 2) expressive behaviors 3) conscious experience
- eventually
- finally, after a long wait
- ecologist
- a scientist who studies the interrelationship of organisms (living things) and their environments.
- extension
- a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
- expansion
- The act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope.
- expenditure
- the act of spending money for goods or services
- explanation
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- escape
- the act of escaping physically
- excellent
- of the highest quality
- elastic
- fibers that can expand and spring back into original shape
- explanatory
- serving or intended to explain or make clear
- extremely
- to a high degree or extent
- enemies'
- those who harm
- emblem
- special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.
- excitement
- a condition of having strong lively feelings about something that you like
- elevations
- height of land above sea level
- equipped
- provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority)
- explain
- to tell how to do, tell the meaning of, give reasons for
- encourages
- gives someone courage or confidence; urges on
- efficient
- being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
- encyclopedia
- a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
- enchant
- attract
- edible
- any substance that can be used as food
- elevator
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- exasperate
- to annoy thoroughly, to make very angry, to try the patience of
- endeavor
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- ecology
- the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
- erode
- (v) to wear away; disappear slowly; deteriorate
- exertion
- use of physical or mental energy
- exaggeration
- to enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous
- entice
- 1. to attract, tempt
- extraordinary
- very unusual; remarkable
- effect
- an event, condition, or state of affairs that is produced by a cause
- emergency
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- experience
- the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- expand
- make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
- errands
- short trips that you take to do something
- excursion
- a trip or outing
- extends
- v. to reach out, v. to stretch or lie v. to offer v. to make longer
- erosion
- condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
- emphasis
- special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
- evaluation
- an appraisal of the value of something
- eject
- to drive or throw out/ oust, expel, kick out
- exempt
- not subject to a duty or obligation; free from a duty; V.
- except
- not including
- engineer
- a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
- exception
- one not included
- endzone
- scoring area at the end of the football field
- exploratory
- serving in or intended for exploration or discovery
- exactly
- just as it should be
- electricity
- A form of energy that people make by using other kinds of energy found in nature, such as wind, moving water, oil, or coal.
- eucalyptus
- Very aromatic quality, akin to mint, classic in some Napa Cabernets, yielding endless discussion as to whether the presence of eucalyptus trees alongside Napa's Martha's Vineyard (for example) directly affects the wine.
- economy
- the efficient use of resources
- employee
- someone hired to work for employer or business
- ecosystem
- a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
- extinguish
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- exotic
- not native; from another part of the world; strange; intriguingly unusual; Ex. exotic flower/dress
- evaluate
- to consider whether an activity has achieved its objectives
- eradicate
- to eliminate
- embezzle
- appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
- education
- the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
- electrician
- a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
- either
- means one or the other
- enjoyment
- act of receiving pleasure from something
- eighth
- coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
- exciting
- full of adventure - new and interesting
- enterprise
- an organization created for business ventures
- entreat
- plead; ask earnestly
- entrance
- something that provides access (entry or exit)
- extend
- to make longer; to stretch out
- extinct
- no longer in existence
- experiment
- try something new, as in order to gain experience
- exhibit
- show or demonstrate something to an interested audience
- explode
- burst outward, usually with noise
- economics
- the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
- elongate
- v.to grow in length , to extend length
- executive
- person having administrative authority; one branch of government executing laws; ADJ: relating to executing
- environment
- all of the surrounding things, conditions, and influences affecting the growth or development of living things.
- elementary
- of or being the essential or basic part
- eighty
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight
- exhausted
- drained of energy or effectiveness
- examination
- the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
- enfranchise
- to set free, liberate, admit to citizenship
- entrepreneur
- someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
- especially
- particularly
- emphatic
- Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.
- episode
- a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
- etymology
- the study of the sources and development of words
- embarrass
- cause to feel awkward
- exhilaration
- a state of being cheerful, elated
- elasticity
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed