elated

)adj.) overjoyed, thrilled (When he

found out he had won the

lottery, the postman was elated(.

eloquent

)adj.) expressive, articulate,

moving (The best man gave such

an eloquent speech that most

(.guests were crying

embezzle

)v.) to steal money by falsifying

records (The accountant was

fired for embezzling €10,000 of

(.the company’s funds

empathy

)n.) sensitivity to another’s

feelings as if they were one’s

own (I feel such empathy for my

(!dog when she’s upset so am I

enmity

)n.) ill will, hatred, hostility (John

and Scott have clearly not

forgiven each other, because the

enmity between them is obvious

(.to anyone in their presence

erudite

)adj.) learned (My English teacher

is such an erudite scholar that he

has translated some of the most

difficult and abstruse Old English

(.poetry

extol

)v.) to praise, revere (Kamila

extolled the virtues of a

vegetarian diet to her meat-

(.loving boyfriend

fabricate

)v.) to make up, invent (When I

arrived an hour late to class, I

fabricated some excuse about

my car breaking down on the

(.way to work

feral

)adj.) wild, savage (That beast

looks so feral that I would fear

(.being alone with it

flabbergasted

)adj.) astounded (Whenever I

read an Agatha Christie mystery

novel, I am always flabbergasted

when I learn the identity of the

(.murderer