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    Docile (Adj.) Manageable Obedient Gentle

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    Docile (Adj.) Manageable Obedient Gentle

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    This document defines a series of words, providing the part of speech and a brief definition for each term. The words cover a wide range of topics from parts of speech like verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs to concepts like emotions, actions, locations, and abstract ideas. In total, over 50 words are defined concisely in 1-2 sentences each.

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    This document defines a series of words, providing the part of speech and a brief definition for each term. The words cover a wide range of topics from parts of speech like verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs to concepts like emotions, actions, locations, and abstract ideas. In total, over 50 words are defined concisely in 1-2 sentences each.

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    Docile (Adj.) Manageable Obedient Gentle

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    Alisha Chopra
    This document defines a series of words, providing the part of speech and a brief definition for each term. The words cover a wide range of topics from parts of speech like verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs to concepts like emotions, actions, locations, and abstract ideas. In total, over 50 words are defined concisely in 1-2 sentences each.

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    disparage

    (v.) to belittle; undervalue; to discredit

    disparate
    (adj.) unequal; dissimilar; different

    dissemble
    (v.) to pretend; to feign; to conceal by pretense

    disseminate
    (v.) to circulate; scatter

    distention
    (n.) inflation or extension

    divestiture
    (n.) being stripped

    docile
    (adj.) manageable; obedient; gentle

    doggerel
    (n.) verse characterized by forced rhyme and meter

    dogma
    (n.) a collection of beliefs

    dogmatic
    (adj.) stubborn; biased; opinionated

    doughty
    (adj.) brave and strong

    dowdy
    (adj.) shabby in appearance

    dubious
    (adj.) doubtful; uncertain; skeptical; suspicious

    duress
    (n.) imprisonment; the use of threats

    earthy
    (adj.) unrefined
    ebullience
    (n.) an overflowing of high spirits; effervescence

    eccentric
    (adj.) odd; peculiar; strange

    ecclesiastic
    (adj.) pertaining or relating to a church

    eclectic
    (adj.) picking from various possibilities; made up of material from various sources

    edifice
    (n.) a large building

    edify
    (v.) to build or establish

    educe
    (v.) to draw out; to infer from information

    efface
    (v.) to erase; to make inconspicuous

    effervescence
    (n.) liveliness; spirit; enthusiasm; bubbliness

    effigy
    (n.) the image or likeness of a person

    effluvium (n.)
    an outflow of vapor of invisible particles; a noxious odor

    effrontery
    (n.) arrogance

    effusive
    (adj.)overflowing

    egocentric
    (adj.) self-centered,viewing everything in relation to oneself

    egress
    (n.) a way out; exit

    ellipsis
    (n.) omission of words that would make the meaning clear

    elucidate
    (v.) to make clear; to explain

    elusive
    (adj.) hard to catch

    emanate
    (v.) to emit

    embarkation
    (v.) to engage or invest in

    embellish
    (v.) to improve by adding details

    eminence
    (n.) a lofty place; superiority

    emollient
    (adj.) softening or soothing to the skin

    emulate
    (v.) to try to equal or excel

    enamored
    (adj.) filled with love and desire

    encumber
    (v.) to hold back;to hinder; to burden, load down

    Endemic
    (adj.) native to a particular area;

    enfeeble
    (v.) to make weak

    enfranchised
    (v.) to free from obligation; to admit to citizenship

    enigma
    (n.) mystery; secret; perplexity

    enigmatic
    (adj.) baffling
    ennui
    (n.) boredom; apathy

    eon
    (n.) an indefinitely long period of time

    ephemeral
    (adj.) very short-lived; lasting only a short time

    epicure
    (n.) a person who has good taste in food and drink

    epitaph
    (n.) an inscription on a monument

    epiphany
    (n.) an appearance of a supernatural being

    equinox
    (n.) precise time when day and night is of equallength

    equivocal
    (adj.) doubtful; uncertain

    equivocations
    (n.) a purposely misleading statement

    eradication
    (n.) the act of annihilating, destroying, or erasing

    erroneous
    (adj.) untrue; inaccurate; not correct

    eschew
    (v.) to shun; to avoid

    esoteric
    (adj.) understood by only a chosen few; confidential

    Erudite
    (adj.) having a wide knowledge acquired through reading

    ethereal
    (adj.) very light; airy; heavenly; not earthly
    euphony
    (n.) pleasant combination of sounds

    evanescent
    (adj.) vanishing quickly, dissipating like vapor

    evasion
    (n.) the avoiding of a duty

    evoke
    (v.) to call forth; provoke

    exculpate
    (v.) to free from guilt

    exhume
    (v.) to unearth; to reveal

    exigent
    (adj.) a situation calling for immediate attention

    exonerate
    (v.) to declare or prove blameless

    exorbitant
    (adj.) going beyond what is reasonable

    expedite
    (v.) to hasten the action of

    expunge
    (v.) to blot out; to delete

    extant
    (adj.) existing

    extraneous
    (adj.) irrelevant; not related; not essential

    extricable
    (adj.) capable of being disentangled

    exultation
    (n.) the act of rejoicing

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