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5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 82 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| educate | verb | We must educate our youth well. | teach |
| education | noun | Education will make people free. | knowledge |
| effect | noun | The effect on people will be great. | consequence |
| effective | adj. | We must take effective measures. | practical |
| efficient | adj. | Coal is an efficient way to heat. | capable |
| effort | noun | Your effort in this will be helpful. | energy |
| e.g. | abbr. | It is one of the elements, e.g. zinc. | for example |
| egg | noun | Chickens lay about 1 egg a day. | ovum |
| eight | adj. | It was an eight cylinder engine. | 8 |
| noun | Eight and seven are fifteen. | 8 | |
| eighteen | noun | Eighteen is the age of adulthood. | 18 |
| eighth | adj. | It is the eighth day of the month. | ordinal 8 |
| eighty | adj. | The eighty men were a strong force. | 80 |
| either | pron. | Either will be satisfactory. | one or the other |
| adj. | You can wear either coat. | one or the other | |
| adv. | If you don't go, I won't either. | also | |
| elaborate | adj. | It was an elaborate dinner. | fancy |
| elastic | adj. | We used an elastic belt to hold it. | stretchable |
| elbow | noun | He hurt his elbow in an accident. | arm joint |
| verb | I elbowed my way through the crowd. | forced | |
| elder | adj. | He is the nation's elder statesman. | senior |
| noun | The elders will decide what to do. | patriarchs | |
| elect | verb | We will elect a President. | vote for |
| election | noun | The election will be in November. | voting |
| electric | adj. | She cooked on an electric stove. | powered |
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