1. Entice: Verb: To lead on by arousing hope or desire.

2. Despite the tremendous increase in salary, I could not be enticed to leave my job.

3. Entreat: Verb: To ask or petition earnestly.

4. I entreated my parents to allow me to go to the party.

5. Envisage: Verb: To have a mental image of something, especially when the thing does not yet exist; to conceive of.

6. I find it hard to envisage a society in which violence does not exist.

7. Epithet: Noun: A word or phrase used to describe someone or something. A term of abuse or contempt.

8. The irate motorist shouted a few choice epithets at the driver of the car that had cut him off.

9. Equanimity: Noun: Calmness or evenness of temper.

10. She handled the difficult situation with equanimity.

11. Equitable: Adjective: Fair or just.

12. The teacher was equitable in giving out grades.

13. Erudite: Adjective: Deeply learned, especially in a specialized area.

14. The Professor presented a erudite, yet interesting, lecture on the Holocaust.

15. Esoteric: Adjective: Understood by or intended for only a select few. Difficult to understand.

16. The language the book was written in was awfully esoteric. I wasn’t even sure it was English.

17. Ethical: Adjective: In accordance with accepted principles of right and wrong.

18. Using child-labor in third world countries is not considered ethical.

19. Ethnic: Adjective: Relating to a small but distinct social group within the population.

20. There are many different ethnic groups within Rancocas Valley High School.

21. Euphemism: Noun: The substitution of a relatively inoffensive term for one that is considered too harsh, unpleasant, or blunt.

22. Why don’t you say that he is a liar instead of using the euphemism such as “stretching the truth”?

23. Exacerbate: Verb: To increase the bitterness or severity of; to irritate.

24. If you don’t follow your lawyer’s orders you may exacerbate your problems.

25. Exalt: Verb: To elevate in power, position, character, or the like.

26. The Presidency is one of America’s most exalted positions.

27. Exemplary: Adjective: Worthy of imitation, serving as a model, illustration, or warning.

28. The students displayed exemplary behavior at Challenge Day.

29. Exigency: Noun: a state of urgency or a situation demanding immediate attention; the pressing needs caused by such a crisis.

30. The exigencies of the flu situation at R.V. demand that we take precautions such as hand-washing and hand-sanitizer.