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1 ebullient adj
very happy and excited:
My father is a naturally ebullient personality.
ebullience n

2 eclectic adj
including a mixture of many different things or people, especially so that you can use the best of all of them:
galleries with an eclectic range of styles and artists
an eclectic mixture of 18th and 19th century furniture
eclectically adv
eclecticism n

3 efficacy n
the ability of something to produce the right result [= effectiveness]

4 effrontery n ประมาณหน้าด้านไม่อายกล้าทำเนอะ
rude behaviour that shocks you because it is so confident

have the effrontery to do something
She had the effrontery to ask me for more money.

5 elegy n
a sad poem or song, especially about someone who has died [↪ eulogy]

6 elicit v
to succeed in getting information or a reaction from someone, especially when this is difficult:
When her knock elicited no response, she opened the door and peeped in.
elicit something from somebody
The test uses pictures to elicit words from the child.
elicitation n

7 embellish v
1 to make something more beautiful by adding decorations to it
embellish something with something
The dress was embellished with gold threads.

2 to make a story or statement more interesting by adding details that are not true:
She gave an embellished account of what had happened.
embellishment n

8 empirical adj
based on scientific testing or practical experience, not on ideas [≠ theoretical, hypothetical]:
empirical evidence
empirically adv

9 emulate v
to do something or behave in the same way as someone else, especially because you admire them [= imitate]:
He hoped to emulate the success of Wilder.

10 endemic adj
an endemic disease or problem is always present in a particular place, or among a particular group of people [↪ epidemic, pandemic]:
Violent crime is now endemic in parts of Chicago.