IELTS Exam Vocabulary List - E
- earnest adj. Ardent in spirit and speech.
- earthenware n. Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.
- eatable adj. Edible.
- ebullient adj. Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
- eccentric adj. Peculiar.
- eccentricity n. Idiosyncrasy.
- eclipse n. The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body.
- economize v. To spend sparingly.
- ecstasy n. Rapturous excitement or exaltation.
- ecstatic adj. Enraptured.
- edible adj. Suitable to be eaten.
- edict n. That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action.
- edify v. To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion.
- editorial n. An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument.
- educe v. To draw out.
- efface v. To obliterate.
- effect n. A consequence.
- effective adj. Fit for a destined purpose.
- effectual adj. Efficient.
- effeminacy n. Womanishness.
- effeminate adj. Having womanish traits or qualities.
- effervesce v. To bubble up.
- effervescent adj. Giving off bubbles of gas.
- effete adj. Exhausted, as having performed its functions.
- efficacious adj. Effective.
- efficacy n. The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.
- efficiency n. The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty.
- efficient adj. Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results.
- efflorescence n. The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance.
- efflorescent adj. Opening in flower.
- effluvium n. A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter.
- effrontery n. Unblushing impudence.
- effulgence n. Splendor.
- effuse v. To pour forth.
- effusion n. an outpouring.
- egoism n. The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self.
- egoist n. One who advocates or practices egoism.
- egotism n. Self-conceit.
- egotist n. One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences.
- egregious adj. Extreme.
- egress n. Any place of exit.
- eject v. To expel.
- elapse v. To quietly terminate: said of time.
- elasticity n. That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed.
- electrolysis n. The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current.
- electrotype n. A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin.
- elegy n. A lyric poem lamenting the dead.
- element n. A component or essential part.
- elicit v. To educe or extract gradually or without violence.
- eligible adj. Qualified for selection.
- eliminate v. To separate and cast aside.
- Elizabethan adj. Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era.
- elocution n. The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading.
- eloquent adj. Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech.
- elucidate v. To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.
- elude v. To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice.
- elusion n. Evasion.
- emaciate v. To waste away in flesh.
- emanate v. To flow forth or proceed, as from some source.
- emancipate v. To release from bondage.
- embargo n. Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade.
- embark v. To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.
- embarrass v. To render flustered or agitated.
- embellish v. To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features.
- embezzle v. To misappropriate secretly.
- emblazon v. To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
- emblem n. A symbol.
- embody v. To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form.
- embolden v. To give courage to.
- embolism n. An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel.
- embroil v. To involve in dissension or strife.
- emerge v. To come into view or into existence.
- emergence n. A coming into view.
- emergent adj. Coming into view.
- emeritus adj. Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position.
- emigrant n. One who moves from one place to settle in another.
- emigrate v. To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another.
- eminence n. An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc.
- eminent adj. High in station, merit, or esteem.
- emit v. To send or give out.
- emphasis n. Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word.
- emphasize v. To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or agroup of words.
- emphatic adj. Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.
- employee n. One who works for wages or a salary.
- employer n. One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay.
- emporium n. A bazaar or shop.
- empower v. To delegate authority to.
- emulate v. To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.
- enact v. To make into law, as by legislative act.
- enamor v. To inspire with ardent love.
- encamp v. To pitch tents for a resting-place.
- encomium n. A formal or discriminating expression of praise.
- encompass v. To encircle.
- encore n. The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance.
- encourage v. To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.
- encroach v. To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another.
- encumber v. To impede with obstacles.
- encyclical adj. Intended for general circulation.
- encyclopedia n. A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject.
- endanger v. To expose to peril.
- endear v. To cause to be loved.
- endemic adj. Peculiar to some specified country or people.
- endue v. To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual.
- endurable adj. Tolerable.
- endurance n. The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing.
- energetic adj. Working vigorously.
- enervate v. To render ineffective or inoperative.
- enfeeble v. To debilitate.
- enfranchise v. To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote.
- engender v. To produce.
- engrave v. To cut or carve in or upon some surface.
- engross v. To occupy completely.
- enhance v. To intensify.
- enigma n. A riddle.
- enjoin v. To command.
- enkindle v. To set on fire.
- enlighten v. To cause to see clearly.
- enlist v. To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.
- enmity n. Hatred.
- ennoble v. To dignify.
- enormity n. Immensity.
- enormous adj. Gigantic.
- enrage v. To infuriate.
- enrapture v. To delight extravagantly or intensely.
- enshrine v. To keep sacred.
- ensnare v. To entrap.
- entail v. To involve; necessitate.
- entangle v. To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications.
- enthrall v. To bring or hold under any overmastering influence.
- enthrone v. To invest with sovereign power.
- enthuse v. To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling.
- enthusiastic adj. Full of zeal and fervor.
- entirety n. A complete thing.
- entomology n. The branch of zoology that treats of insects.
- entrails n. pl. The internal parts of an animal.
- entreaty n. An earnest request.
- entree n. The act of entering.
- entrench v. To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall.
- entwine v. To interweave.
- enumerate v. To name one by one.
- epic n. A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc.
- epicure n. One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking.
- Epicurean adj. Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.
- epicycle n. A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle.
- epicycloid n. A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle.
- epidemic n. Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region.
- epidermis n. The outer skin.
- epigram n. A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.
- epilogue n. The close of a narrative or dramatic poem.
- epiphany n. Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity.
- episode n. An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it.
- epitaph n. An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead.
- epithet n. Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in “Father Aeneas.”
- epitome n. A simplified representation.
- epizootic adj. Prevailing among animals.
- epoch n. A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events.
- epode n. A species of lyric poems.
- equalize v. To render uniform.
- equanimity n. Evenness of mind or temper.
- equestrian adj. Pertaining to horses or horsemanship.
- equilibrium n. A state of balance.
- equitable adj. Characterized by fairness.
- equity n. Fairness or impartiality.
- equivalent adj. Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like.
- equivocal adj. Ambiguous.
- equivocate v. To use words of double meaning.
- eradicate v. To destroy thoroughly.
- errant adj. Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds.
- erratic adj. Irregular.
- erroneous adj. Incorrect.
- erudite adj. Very-learned.
- erudition n. Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc.
- eschew v. To keep clear of.
- espy v. To keep close watch.
- esquire n. A title of dignity, office, or courtesy.
- essence n. That which makes a thing to be what it is.
- esthetic adj. Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts.
- estimable adj. Worthy of respect.
- estrange v. To alienate.
- estuary n. A wide lower part of a tidal river.
- et cetera Latin. And so forth.
- eugenic adj. Relating to the development and improvement of race.
- eulogize v. To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character.
- eulogy n. A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character.
- euphemism n. A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted.
- euphonious adj. Characterized by agreeableness of sound.
- euphony n. Agreeableness of sound.
- eureka Greek. I have found it.
- evade v. To avoid by artifice.
- evanesce v. To vanish gradually.
- evanescent adj. Fleeting.
- evangelical adj. Seeking the conversion of sinners.
- evangelist n. A preacher who goes from place to place holding services.
- evasion n. Escape.
- eventual adj. Ultimate.
- evert v. To turn inside out.
- evict v. To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree.
- evidential adj. Indicative.
- evince v. To make manifest or evident.
- evoke v. To call or summon forth.
- evolution n. Development or growth.
- evolve v. To unfold or expand.
- exacerbate v. To make more sharp, severe, or virulent.
- exaggerate v. To overstate.
- exasperate v. To excite great anger in.
- excavate v. To remove by digging or scooping out.
- exceed v. To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc.
- excel v. To be superior or distinguished.
- excellence n. Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities.
- excellency n. A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials.
- excellent adj. Possessing distinguished merit.
- excerpt n. An extract or selection from written or printed matter.
- excess n. That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience.
- excitable adj. Nervously high-strung.
- excitation n. Intensified emotion or action.
- exclamation n. An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling.
- exclude v. To shut out purposely or forcibly.
- exclusion n. Non-admission.
- excrescence n. Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development.
- excretion n. The getting rid of waste matter.
- excruciate v. To inflict severe pain or agony upon.
- excursion n. A journey.
- excusable adj. Justifiable.
- execrable adj. Abominable.
- execration n. An accursed thing.
- executor n. A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will.
- exegesis n. Biblical exposition or interpretation.
- exemplar n. A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated.
- exemplary adj. Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation.
- exemplify v. To show by example.
- exempt adj. Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others.
- exert v. To make an effort.
- exhale v. To breathe forth.
- exhaust v. To empty by draining off the contents.
- exhaustible adj. Causing or tending to cause exhaustion.
- exhaustion n. Deprivation of strength or energy.
- exhaustive adj. Thorough and complete in execution.
- exhilarate v. To fill with high or cheerful spirits.
- exhume v. To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).
- exigency n. A critical period or condition.
- exigent adj. Urgent.
- existence n. Possession or continuance of being.
- exit n. A way or passage out.
- exodus n. A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people.
- exonerate v. To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame.
- exorbitance n. Extravagance or enormity.
- exorbitant adj. Going beyond usual and proper limits.
- exorcise v. To cast or drive out by religious or magical means.
- exotic adj. Foreign.
- expand v. To increase in range or scope.
- expanse n. A continuous area or stretch.
- expansion n. Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like.
- expatriate v. To drive from one's own country.
- expect v. To look forward to as certain or probable.
- expectancy n. The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable.
- expectorate v. To cough up and spit forth.
- expediency n. Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case.
- expedient adj. Contributing to personal advantage.
- expedite v. To hasten the movement or progress of.
- expeditious adj. Speedy.
- expend v. To spend.
- expense n. The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength.
- expiate v. To make satisfaction or amends for.
- explicate v. To clear from involvement.
- explicit adj. Definite.
- explode v. To cause to burst in pieces by force from within.
- explosion n. A sudden and violent outbreak.
- explosive adj. Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak.
- exposition n. Formal presentation.
- expository adj. Pertaining to a formal presentation.
- expostulate v. To discuss.
- exposure n. An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass.
- expressive adj. Full of meaning.
- expulsion n. Forcible ejection.
- extant adj. Still existing and known.
- extemporaneous adj. Done or made without much or any preparation.
- extempore adv. Without studied or special preparation.
- extensible adj. Capable of being thrust out.
- extension n. A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope.
- extensive adj. Extended widely in space, time, or scope.
- extensor n. A muscle that causes extension.
- extenuate v. To diminish the gravity or importance of.
- exterior n. That which is outside.
- external n. Anything relating or belonging to the outside.
- extinct adj. Being no longer in existence.
- extinguish v. To render extinct.
- extol v. To praise in the highest terms.
- extort v. To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity.
- extortion n. The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion.
- extradite v. To surrender the custody of.
- extradition n. The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government.
- extrajudicial adj. Happening out of court.
- extraneous adj. Having no essential relation to a subject.
- extraordinary adj. Unusual.
- extravagance n. Undue expenditure of money.
- extravagant adj. Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure.
- extremist n. One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.
- extremity n. The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position.
- extricate v. Disentangle.
- extrude v. To drive out or away.
- exuberance n. Rich supply.
- exuberant adj. Marked by great plentifulness.
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