Vocab week 2

Pick 5. Quiz Thursday.
1) equivocate (verb)- to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge
2) eradicate (verb)- to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate
3) erode (verb)- to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration
4) erratic (adjective)- deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion
5) escalate (verb)- to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.
6) esoteric (adjective)- understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite
7) espouse (verb)- to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause.
8) eulogy (noun)- a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, esp. a set oration in honor of a deceased person.
9) euphoria (noun)- a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania.
10) euthanasia (noun)- the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, esp. a painful, disease or condition.
11) epitome- a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class