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| ELEVENSES | | n. Colloq. Light refreshment taken at about 11 a.m.
- n. Colloq. Light refreshment taken at about 11 a.m. | |
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| ELIMINATE | | v. (-ting) 1 remove, get rid of.
- exclude from consideration.
- exclude from a further stage of a competition through defeat etc. elimination n. Eliminator n. [latin limen limin- threshold] (-ting) 1 remove, get rid of.
- exclude from consideration.
- exclude from a further stage of a competition through defeat etc. elimination n. Eliminator n. [latin limen limin- threshold] | |
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| ELLIPSOID | | n. Solid of which all the plane sections through one axis are circles and all the other plane sections are ellipses. | |
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| ELOCUTION | | n. Art of clear and expressive speech. [latin loquor speak] | |
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| ELOQUENCE | | n. Fluent and effective use of language. [latin loquor speak] | |
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| ELSEWHERE | | adv. In or to some other place. | |
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| ELUCIDATE | | v. (-ting) throw light on; explain. elucidation n. Elucidatory adj. [latin: related to *lucid] | |
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| EMBARRASS | | v. - make (a person) feel awkward or ashamed.
- (as embarrassed adj.) Encumbered with debts.
- encumber. embarrassment n. [italian imbarrare bar in] | |
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| EMBATTLED | | adj. - prepared or arrayed for battle.
- fortified with battlements.
- under heavy attack or in trying circumstances. | |
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| EMBELLISH | | v. - beautify, adorn.
- enhance with fictitious additions. embellishment n. [french bel, *beau] | |
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