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Estranged (adj.) separated — The estranged husband and wife are living separately.
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Expediency (n.) advisable, practical — Those who hanker after material gains are often guided by expediency and not by moral sense.
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Extraneous (adj.) not essential, external — In matters of FIR registration and its investigation, the police force is not subordinate to extraneous considerations.
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Extort (v.) get money by threats — Anti-social elements are busy in extorting money from the businessmen with the connivance of the police.
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Evasive (adj.) not frank, avoiding — The police could not make out anything of her evasive replies.
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Ennui (n.) mental boredom — The modern youth suffer from feeling of ennui since they are not engaged in any constructive work.
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Exquisite (adj.) beautiful — The picture hanging on the wall is an exquisite work of art.
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Encomium (n.) praise — Every member of the family showered encomium on his grand success.
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Erode (v.) decay — The desire for material success has eroded our concern for the poor.
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Erudite (adj.) learned, scholarly — His writings are not erudite but they are read with keen interest.
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Eschew (v.) avoid, give up — We must eschew violence in dealing with national issues.
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Epoch (n.) period of time, era — The exact duration of Indus Valley Civilization epoch has not been determined so far.
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Equanimity (n.) calmness — We must bear the hardships with equanimity.
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Enormous (adj.) huge, immense — On account of fire there was enormous loss of goods and property.
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Endemic (adj.) prevailing in a region — Goitre is endemic in the hilly areas for want of iodine in water.
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