Barron GRE word list - E earmark set aside for a particular purpose earn gain for the performance of service or labor; gain ; deserve earthly of this earth; terrestrial; worldly; not divine; possible; Ex. no earthly reason earthy unrefined; coarse; of earth; Ex. earthy remarks; OP. ethereal ebb recede; lessen; diminish; N. OP. flow: rise of tide ebullient showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling; N. ebullience; N. ebullition: state of boiling eccentric irregular; odd; unconventional; whimsical; bizarre; not concentric eccentricity oddity; idiosyncrasy ecclesiastic ecclesiastical; pertaining to the church; N: minister; priest; cleric; clergyman eclectic selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources; selecting individual elements from a variety of sources; N. eclecticism eclipse darken; extinguish; outshine; surpass; cause an eclipse ecliptic path of the sun and the planets |