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QUICK REVIEW #33 E: SAT Words 99

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

1. emollient a. approve
2. emotional b. improve
3. emphasize c. softener
4. emphatic d. imitate
5. emulate e. strength

6. encompass f. moving
7. encourage g. encircle
8. endorse h. devitalize
9. endure i. stress
10. energy j. foster
11. enervate k. continue
12. enhance l. forcible

enigmatic* (EN ig MAT ik) adj. of or like a puzzle; perplexing; baffling
• Don’s expression was enigmatic; we could not even imagine what he was
thinking.
• How the giant snowball appeared on the baseball field in the middle of
June was enigmatic.
[-ally* adv.] [Syn. obscure]
enjoy (en JOY) vt. 1. to experience pleasure; get pleasure from; relish; 2. to have
the benefit or advantage of
• Margo enjoys listening to a Beethoven symphony.
• Steven enjoyed his song’s receiving a large measure of radio and TV airtime.
[-ed, -ing]
enlighten (en LY tin) vt. 1. to free from ignorance, prejudice, or superstition;
2. to inform; make clear to; educate
• Years of experience with the electorate had served to enlighten the senator
about the folly of favoring one group over another.
• Please enlighten me as to the time you got home last night.
[-ed, -ing] [Syn. inform]
enmity (EN mi tee) n. the bitter anger or feeling of an enemy, or of mutual
enemies toward one another; hostility; antagonism
• The Romans and the Scots had great enmity toward one another.
• Considerable enmity characterized rival gangs of Chicago during
Prohibition.
[Syn. hostility, animosity, antagonism]