Barron's High Frequency 333 Words : 111-120

1. Eclectic (adj) selective, composed of elements drawn from disparate sources; His style of interior decoration was ECLECTIC: bits and pieces of furnishings from widely divergent periods, strikingly juxtaposed to create a unique decor.
2. Efficacy (n) power to produce desired effect; The EFFICACY of this drug depends on the regularity of the dosage.
3. Effrontery (n) impudence, shameless boldness, sheer nerve, presumptuousness; When the boss told Frank she was firing him for laziness and insubordination, he had the EFFRONTERY to ask her for a letter of recommendation.
4. Elegy (n) poem or song expressing lamentation; On the death of Edward King, Million composed the elegy “Lycidas.”.
5. Elicit (v) draw out by discussion; The detectives tried to ELICIT where he had hidden his loot.
   

   
6. Embellish (v) adorn, ornament, enhance, as a story; The costume designer EMBELLISHED the leading lady’s ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
7. Empirical (adj) based on experience; He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on EMPIRICAL data.
8. Emulate (v) imitate, rival; In a brief essay, describe a person you admire, someone whose virtues you would like to EMULATE.
9. Endemic (adj) prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country; This disease is ENDEMIC in this part of the world; more than 80 percent of the population are at one time or another affected by it.
10. Enervate (v) weaken; She was slow to recover from her illness; even a short walk to the window ENERVATED her.