WORDLIST 17 1) Encumber: Burden M: Watch out for the word cumber and anything that is cumbersome is a burden.

2) Endearment: fond word or act, showing affection M: Anything that is dear to us either a thing or person, v show affection towards it.

3) Endemic: prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or Country M: When sum1 gives a speech, it audibility ends (ende) where the sound of speakers ends as the sound is passed through the mike(mic) to speaker. So the speech is prevailed among a specific group of ppl or in a specific area.

4) Endorse: approve, support M: Think of the legal papers.they need to be endorsed or approved by govt. Or dors-> docswhich further implies documentsthat need to be endorsed (oops!!couldn find better)

5) Endue: provide with some quality, endow M: Every1 is due with sum good quality till his end

6) Enduring: lasting, surviving M: End during: its like during the end of anything, some particular thing is with ulike if u throw a party at home and the most delicious dish lasts after the party too

Or during the end days our are legends like Bhagat Singh, he survived the cruelty done by britishers though they tried their best to weaken him mentally and physically.

7) Energize: invigorate, make forceful and active, raise to higher energy level M: Well it itself says all.

8) Enervate: weaken M: When some1 eats your energy (as v say eat are head) then your energy loses and u become weak or tired

Or when our e+ nerv(nerve) +ate is our pulse reduces, then we weaken.

Or ener(energy) + vate(wait). i.e. energy is waiting for sumthg.then v have less energy and v feel week

9) Enfranchise: admit the rights of citizenship, voting rights M: Franc..consider frank- means to be free or have right to say what u want or to vote whom u want too..right to vote

10) Engage: attract, hire, pledge oneself, confront M: The girl you HIRED as your PA is very CHARMING and ATTRACTIVE and hence you've decided to COMMIT to her by PLEDGING to be her husband at an ENGAGEMENT function by confronting each other.

11) Engaging: charming, attractive M: Same as above: the girl u hired is charming and attractive so must be thinking to engage with her.

12) Engender: cause, produce, make children M: When two genders end up together, there is a cause to produce children

13) Engross: occupy fully, to devote oneself fully

M: From the word grossconsider the word grass and in gardens the grass is fully occupied

14) Enhance: increase, improve M: At the end when only one chance is left you try to give your best improving or increasing all your skills required.

15) Enigma: mystery, puzzle M: Enigma sounds like enginewhich used be a puzzle for people and they apply their own stupid fundaslike there is some1 inside the engine.

Or Enigma sounds like enginewhich used be a puzzle for illiterate ppl(oops!!! coudlnt find better)

16) Enigmatic: obscure, puzzling

17) Enjoin: command, order, forbid M: EN(means to become) + join...you command and order people to join and become members of your group.

18) Enmity: ill will, hatred M: Enmiy-a close connection with the word enemy and enemies have a feel of hatred and ill will for you.

19) Ennui: boredom M: Ennui when pronounced sounds like YEHNAHHIIII!!! So u dont wish to do a thing wich causes boredom

Or the ennui also sounds like ANNOY.a person who remains annoyed always is boring and irritating personality.

20) Enormity: huge (in a bad sense)

M: Enormity sounds like enormous which means huge.n the word when broken can be en(end of)+norm(being normal).so the thing which is not normal is general bad

21) Enrapture: please intensely M: Think of a rap music which pleases or captures your mind.

22) Ensconce: settle comfortably M: Ensconce sounds like the iskon temple (Lord Krishnas temple) where one can settle himself peacefully (comfortably).

23) Ensue: follow as a consequence, result M: Ensue sounds to sue sum1 and sum1 is sued becoz of the consequences or result of sum1s wrong deed

24) Entail: require, necessitate, involve M: Like we say hati nikal gaya (elephant has gone) and poonch reh gayi(tail is left)basically to complete any work, it is required that elephants tail should also goso it is necessary that v are still involved in the work till it is done completely or till tail has also gone

25) Enterprising: full of initiative M: One enter(get)+prise(prize) only when he takes full initiative to do the work at his best

Or enter(get)+prise(surprise) when some1 takes an initiative to give you a surprise party or anything.

26) Enthrall: capture or enslave M: En+thrall(close to thrill)thrill means sumthg that captures you

27) Entice: lure, attract, tempt

M: Everyone got so ATTRACTED to the ENTICEr bike that they were TEMPTED to buy it..

28) Entity: real being M: Entity goes with the word identity so its like your own identity

29) Entomology: study of insects M: Ent(goes for ant and ant are the insects) and logy means study so its study of insects

30) Entrance: put under a spell, carry away with emotions M: When u saw beautiful gals at the entrance u got carried away by emotions or spellbound.

31) Entreat: plead, ask earnestly M: Asking your frnd to give u a treat..so u ask earnestly..

32) Entree: entrance, a way in M: This word sounds like entry which means entrance or a way in

33) Entrepreneur: businessperson, contractor M: well every1 knows this

34) Enunciate: utter or speak, especially distinctly e+nun+ciate....sounds like A NUN CITEd....something she proclaimed about the church rules and regulations...and that is what the word means....citing means announcing something to be true..or proclaiming something.

35) Environ: enclose, surround Environ sounds to an environment that surrounds us and encloses us in a boundary.

36) Eon: long period of time, an age After leaving college when ever we meet are frndz it always seems like an eon has passed or after a long period of time

37) Epaulet: ornament worn on the shoulder Army: 'Bullet' in hand and 'Epaulet' on shoulder

38) Ephemeral: short-lived, fleeting

sounds like e-funeral. Life is over .. short-lived

39) Epic: long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art Just remember Mahabharata and Ramayana

40) Epicure: connoisseur of food and drink, a person devoted to define a sensuous enjoyment EPIC-CURRY...one who can write an EPIC on CURRY has to be a CONNOISSEUR OF FOOD..

41) Epigram: witty thought or saying, usually short telegram-->simple note....epigram--->witty note

42)Epilogue: short speech at conclusion of dramatic work Dialogue at the end(of play or drama)

43) Episodic: loosely connected Episodes generally come on the selected days and selected timeso they are loosely connected

44) Epistemologist: philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge

Epi+stem(sumthg that is natural) + logo-knowledge or studyso study of nature of knowledge and only philosopher can do that

45) Epitaph: inscription in memory of a dead person A person writing on the tomb of his father - 'e pitah'

46) Epitome: prefect example or embodiment epi+tomb(tome)...tombs contain dead bodies of emperors therefore these bodies are EMBODIED into them and these tombs are still in a perfect condition hence they ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE

46a) Epithet: word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing a + pithet -> a pathetic (person)...pathetic is an adjective...pithet which defines the characteristic of a person

47) Epoch: period of time e(a) + poch(porche car) is so expensive it takes a period of time just to make and deliver one!

48) Equable: tranquil, steady, uniform, not easily irritated, not varying Equable rhymes like equally stable, any one who is equally stable is not easily irritated.

49) Equanimity: calmness of temperament, composure equanimity = equal + enmity. To fight the enemy you need to be composed and temperamental, else he'll beat you.

50) Equestrian: rider on horseback e+quest+rian(ryan)....ryan was a boy who questes for knowledge therfore in order to explore the forests he went on a HORSE RIDE

51) Equilibrium: balance

52) Equine: resembling a horse When u pronounce the equineeeeeee it resembles some like the sound produced by horse

53) Equinox: period of equal days and nights, M: the beginning of spring and autumn

54) Equipoise: balance, balancing force, equilibrium, equality of distribution equi + pose => If you hold an equal weight in both hands you distribute the weight equallyand have a balance like an equilibrium.

55) Equitable: fair, impartial Mom made a cake and distributed it EQUALLY/fairly/imparially to everyone sitting at the TABLE, being impartial and fair...

56) Equity: fairness, justice

57) Equivocal: ambiguous, intentionally misleading If everyone spoke in an "equal-voice" you wouldn't be able to decipher who was calling.

58) Equivocate: lie, mislead, attempt to conceal the truth equi(equal) vocal(sound)... if we make similar sounds then it would be ambiguous(unclear) to distinguish!!

59) Erode: eat away Iron rod in rain and sun, gets eroded, erossion

60) Erotic: sexual pleasure, sexually arousing

61) Errant: wandering, uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable Err means error that is unpredictable or odd and ant keeps on wandering, hence having an uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable

62) Erratic: odd, unpredictable Focus on ERR + atic..part of it, and err is nothing but ERROR, and errors always look ODD, AND ARE unpredictable in nature.

63) Erroneous: mistaken, wrong The root err means error and neo means newso general an error or mistake ( sumthg that occurs wrong) done by the experts is never repeated.

64) Erudite: learned, scholary e+RUD(RUDE)+IT+e....now just concentrate on RUDE IT....NOW THINK OF rude IT PROFESSIONAL WHO IS BASICALLY CONSIDERED AS A LEARNED man..or scholarly.

65) Escapade: prank, flighty conduct You can ESCAP(ad)E from doing wrong only when it is a PRANK.

66) Eschew: avoid es+CHEW... CHEWING a CHEWINGGUM IS A BAD HABIT while working in an office, so you must avoid this HABIT.

67) Esoteric: hard to understand Esoteric sounds like HISTORIC which is hard to understand

68) Espionage: spying

eSPIonage pick the word spy which means jasoosi or A spy engaged

69) Espouse: adopt, support pick the word spouse like the wife is the spouse of her husband and is always supportive of him and adapt to the enviroment

70) Essay: make an attempt at, test

71) Esteem: respect, value

72) Estimable: worthy of esteem, admirable

73) Estranged: separated, alienated eSTRANGE looks like stranger. We are always alienated towards strangers

74) Ethereal: light, heavenly, usually refined ether is airy and usually refined i.e. light like heaven is in air.

75) Ethnic: relating to races

76) Ethnology: study of humankind Ethno->anthrowich deals with human being

77) Ethos: underlying character of a culture, group Ethos->ethic and ethics of an underlying character of its culture or a group. 78) Etymology: study of word parts E+tym(time) is the most imp word in everyones dictionary so should be studied by concentrating on its each part.

79) Eugenic: pertaining to the improvement of race or pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced eu+genic...trying to improve your genes which imply heriditary which imply race

80) Eulogistic: praising If you have the "logic" or a logical reasoning, then everyone will surely PRAISE you