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Today's words ​

1 enquiry / inquiry ​

It is the largest enquiry ever of its kind.

2 endeavour ​

Please make every endeavour to arrive on time.

3 endorse ​

I wholeheartedly endorse his remarks.

4 endow ​

It can endow his daily experience with a kind of romance.

5 entail ​

What kind of responsibilities does that job entail?

6 endurance ​

The exercise obviously will improve strength and endurance.

7 endure ​

He can't endure being defeated.

8 enemy ​

They retreated before the enemy.

9 entertain ​

I don't like to entertain guests anymore.

10 energetic ​

He was hardworking and energetic.

11 entertainment ​

It was typical family entertainment.

12 energy ​

She's always full of energy.

13 Enthusiasm ​

Enthusiasm is very catching.

14 enforce ​

The legislation will be difficult to enforce.

15 enthusiastic ​

He is an enthusiastic skier.

16 engage ​

They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others.

17 engagement ​

The engagement was a bad mistake.

18 entrance ​

This entrance is in constant use.

19 entrepreneur ​

An entrepreneur is more than just a risk taker. He is a visionary.

20 envelope ​

She opened the perfumed envelope.

21 enlighten ​

It was an elite that believed its task was to enlighten the multitude.

22 envisage ​

I can't envisage her coping with this job.

23 enormous ​

The problems facing the President are enormous.

24 envy ​

I envy you having such a close family.

25 epic ​

The film is long and dramatic but does not quite earn the epithet 'epic'.

26 enquire / inquire ​

I called the station to enquire about train times.

27 epidemic ​

Today, doctors are fearing a worldwide epidemic.

28 episode ​

The final episode will be shown next Sunday.

29 essay ​

Your essay needs (a) structure.

30 Epoch ​

The Pleistocene Epoch was an ice age.

31 essence ​

The essence of dialectical thought is division.

32 essential ​

Let's just recapitulate the essential points.

33 equality ​

We Chinese people have persistently urged the equality of nations, big or small.

34 equation ​

X and Y in the equation are both unknowns.

35 estate ​

He made a fortune in real estate.

36 equator ​

GPS operates best near the equator.

37 esteem ​

You need to build your self-esteem.

38 estimate ​

My estimate was bang on target.

39 eternal ​

It is an eternal concept.

40 equity ​

They took equity out of their homes.

41 ethic ​

I try to transfer that work ethic and demonstrate it to others.

42 equivalent ​

Zip disks could be used to store the equivalent of three music CDs.

43 ethnic ​

There is a crying need for more magistrates from the ethnic minority communities.

44 era ​

It's the end of an era.

45 evacuate ​

Remember that hearing a siren or tone alert radio does not mean you should evacuate

46 eradicate ​

Surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty.

47 evade ​

She is trying to evade all responsibility for her behaviour.

48 erase ​

They are desperate to erase the memory of that last defeat.

49 evaluate ​

The market situation is difficult to evaluate.

50 erect ​

They plan to erect an apartment house on that property.

51 evaporate ​

Blasting cold air over it makes the water evaporate.

52 erode ​

Then over many more years, the Phosphorus-rich rocks of the new land begin to erode and the cycle continues.

53 erosion ​

Soil erosion was mitigated by the planting of trees.

54 erroneous ​

Proper measures were taken as soon as the erroneous ideas cropped up.

55 error ​

Ash began to erupt from the crater.

56 eventually ​

The camera eventually tracked away.

57 escalate ​

We do not want to escalate the war.

58 escape ​

They made no attempt to escape.

59 escort ​

Police were called to escort her off the premises.

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