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erratic (ir AT ik) adj. 1. without fixed course or purpose; irregular; random; 101
meandering; 2. deviating from the usual course; eccentric; odd
• A moth’s erratic flight is one adaptation to its survival.
• Billionaire Howard Hughes’s reclusive behavior during his final years can
easily be called erratic.
[-ly adv.]
erroneous (ir OH nee uhs) adj. based on or containing error; mistaken; wrong
• The report of your beheading was apparently erroneous.
• Erroneous information is commonly on the front page of supermarket tabloids.
[-ly adv.]

QUICK REVIEW #34

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

1. enigmatic a. exterminate
2. enjoy b. tribute
3. enlighten c. hostility
4. enmity d. summarize
5. ensemble e. wrong
6. epidemiology f. afterthought
7. epilogue g. inform

8. epitaph h. eccentric
9. epitomize i. medicine
10. eradicate j. relish
11. erratic k. whole
12. erroneous l. obscure

especially (es PESH uh lee) adj. particularly; mainly; to a great degree; unusually
• Chinese is an especially difficult language for Occidentals to master.
• This sentence is for Bill, Bob, and Marcia, and especially for Suzanne.
• Especially is not an especially unusual word; you probably hear it every
day—especially from TV news programs.
espouse (es POWZ) vt. 1. to take as a spouse; marry; 2. to take up, support, or
advocate some cause, idea, etc.
• Diana and Charles were espoused.
• Dick and Jane will espouse at 1:30 P.M.
• Consumer advisors espouse shopping for a car and for financing separately.
• Teddy Roosevelt often espoused speaking softly and carrying a big stick.
[-d, espousing] [Syn. advocate]