Words starting with E

Showing sincere and serious intention; not joking or playful.

Cheerful and full of energy; lively and enthusiastic.

Behaving in ways that most people find unusual or strange, but not in a harmful way. This word often carries a sense of amusement or mild admiration rather than criticism.

Believing people should have equal rights and opportunities; treating everyone fairly.

Very bad or shocking; far beyond what is acceptable or expected. Use when something is noticeably worse than usual.

Having many carefully planned details or parts. Something elaborate involves a lot of effort and is more complex than usual. It can sometimes suggest more detail than is strictly needed.

To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, usually through careful effort or skill. It implies the action is deliberate and purposeful.

Able to express ideas and feelings in a clear, powerful, and impressive way, especially when speaking or writing. An eloquent person uses language that moves or persuades people.

To make something clear or easy to understand by explaining it in more detail.

To add details or decorations to make something more attractive or interesting.

To come out from a place where you were hidden or not visible. The coming-out is often gradual or significant, not instant.

The ability to understand and share another person’s feelings.

To give special importance or attention to something. You emphasize a point to make sure people notice it or understand that it matters.

Based on observation or experiment rather than theory.

To give someone the confidence, authority, or means to do something and make their own choices.

Try to match or copy someone’s skill or style, often to improve yourself.

To include or deal with a wide range of things. It suggests that something covers many different parts or topics all at once.

A serious, sustained effort to do something difficult or important. It suggests purpose and commitment, not just a single attempt.

To publicly support or recommend something.

To experience something very painful, difficult, or unpleasant for a long time without giving up. It suggests real effort and suffering.

To cause something to exist or develop; to give rise to.

To make something better in quality, value, or appearance. It suggests adding something extra to what already exists, rather than fixing a problem. Often used in formal or academic contexts.

A person or thing that is mysterious and difficult to understand.

To give someone information or knowledge so they understand something better. It implies moving someone from confusion or ignorance toward clarity.

A strong feeling of dislike or hostility; hatred, often long-standing.

A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction because nothing is exciting.

To name or mention things one by one, usually in a clear and ordered way. You often use this word when you want to go through each item in a list carefully, leaving nothing out.

Lasting for only a short time; not permanent. It is often used to describe beautiful or meaningful things that disappear quickly, which gives the word a slightly wistful or poetic feeling.

A person or thing that is a perfect example of a quality or type.

Calm, balanced mental state, especially during stress or change.

To consider or treat two things as being the same or equal. You use this word when you believe one thing is basically the same as another, even if they are not exactly identical.

Fair and impartial; treating people equally without favoritism.

Equal in value, purpose, or effect, even if the form or type is different.

To completely remove or destroy something harmful so that it no longer exists at all. It suggests getting rid of something at the root, not just reducing it. Commonly used about diseases, poverty, crime, or social problems.

Not regular, consistent, or predictable. Something erratic changes in a way that is hard to follow or plan for, often causing problems or concern.

Having or showing great knowledge from study and reading.

Known or understood by only a small group of people with special knowledge or interest. It is not meant for — or easily accessible to — the general public.

Agree with and support an idea, cause, or person publicly or actively.

The enjoyment and loyalty people feel when working or acting as a group.

To start or create something that is meant to be permanent and lasting, such as an organization, system, or law.

Extremely light, delicate, and beautiful in a way that seems too perfect to be real. Something ethereal looks or feels as if it belongs to another world, not the ordinary one.

To carefully study something and decide how good, useful, or important it is. You look at the evidence or facts and form a judgment based on them.

Happening or existing at the end of a long process, especially after a period of difficulty or uncertainty. It describes a result that finally comes after many steps or events.

Easy to see or understand; clearly true or noticeable. When something is evident, people can see it or recognize it without any doubt.

To change and develop gradually over a long period of time. The change usually happens in small steps, not all at once. People, ideas, systems, and living things can all evolve.

To make a bad situation, problem, or feeling worse than it already is. It does not create the problem — it makes an existing one more severe.

To go past a fixed limit, number, or level. This limit can be a rule, a measurement, or a set amount.

A person or thing that is a perfect model to copy; a standard of excellence. Definition in 18 words: A perfect model or standard of excellence to guide behavior or work.

So good that it is worth copying or following. If someone's behavior or work is exemplary, it sets a standard for others to match.

To be a very clear or typical example of something. When a person, thing, or situation exemplifies an idea, it shows that idea in a concrete, recognizable way.

To make someone feel completely drained of energy, so that they have nothing left. This goes beyond ordinary tiredness — it means reaching zero.

Far too high or extreme compared to what is fair or normal.

To make a process, task, or action happen faster than normal, especially by removing delays or obstacles. It is commonly used in formal, business, and administrative contexts.

Something explicit is stated clearly and in full, with nothing left to guess or assume. You do not need to read between the lines to understand it.

Still in existence; not destroyed or lost.

To take or pull something out from a place, often with effort or a special process. It can refer to pulling something physical out, or getting information or a substance from something.

Not relevant to the main topic or purpose; irrelevant or distracting detail.

To use known facts, data, or trends to make a reasonable guess about something that is unknown or has not happened yet. You go beyond what you directly observe, but you base your conclusion on existing patterns.

To free or remove someone or something from a difficult or dangerous situation.