; Marcella Ducasses: E - Daily Word Dose

Thursday 8 September 2011

E - Daily Word Dose

Edify - To instruct or benefit, esp. morally or spiritually; uplift: The Renaissance paintings edified the viewer.

Effervescent - 1. To emit small bubbles of gas, as a carbonated or fermenting liquid: Alka-seltzer is so effervescent, I can't buy it -- but I love soda.  2. To escape from a liquid as bubbles; bubble up  3. To show high spirits or animation: He has such an effervescent personality, his presentations are always so lively.

Emaciate -  To make or become extremely thin, esp. as a result of starvation.

Emphatic -1. Expressed or performed with emphasis: He responded with an emphatic "No."  2. Forceful and definite in expression or action.  3. Standing out in a striking and clearly defined way.

Eradicate - 1. To tear up by the roots 2. To remove or destroy utterly: To eradicate small pox throughout the world  3. To get rid of as if by tearing up the roots: Their goal was to eradicate poverty.

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