endeavor (en-dev'er), effort. endow (en-dou'), enrich. enervate (en'er-vat), weaken. enhance (en-hans'), increase. enjoin (en-join'), urge. enraptured (en-rap'turd), delighted beyond measure. ensign (en'sin), banner; national flag. entreaty (en-tret'i), an earnest request. envelop (en-vel'up), wrap in. epaulet (ep'o-let), a shoulder ornament worn by military and naval officers, and indicating differences of rank. epic (ep'ik), an heroic poem. epicurism (ep'i-kur-iz'm), pleasures of the table. epitaph (ep'i-taf), inscription on a tomb. equip (e-kwip'), furnish or fit out. equity (ek'wi-ti), fairness, impartial justice. era (e'ra), a period of time. eradicate (e-rad'i-kat), destroy utterly. Erzeroum (erz'room'), the principal city of Turkish Armenia. Esk (esk), a river in Scotland flowing into the Solway Firth. espouse (es-pouz'), make one's own; marry. essay (e-sa'), try, essence (es'ens), substance. essential (e-sen'shal), indispensably necessary. estate (es-tat'), possession; wealth. estranged (es-tranjd'), indifferent. eternal (e-tur'nal), endless; perpetual. Eternal City, Rome. ether (e'ther), an extremely fine fluid, lighter than air, supposed to pervade all space beyond the atmosphere of the earth. ethereal (e-the're-al), spiritlike; heavenly. Evan (e'van), Evangeline (e-van'je-len), the gentle Acadian maiden, and subject of the poem. evangelists (e-van'jel-istz), writers of the gospels. evince (e-vins'), show clearly. ewe-necked (u'nekt'), having a thin, hollow neck. excess (ek-ses'), that which exceeds the ordinary limit, extravagance. exclusive (eks-kloo'siv), shutting out others. execration (ek'se-kra'shun), a cursing; execution (ek'se-ku'shun), carrying to effect. executive (eg-zek'u-tiv), a chief magistrate or officer who administers the government; the governing person. exempt (eg-zempt'), free. exertion (eg-zur'shun), effort. exhausted (eg-zos'ted), tired out, wearied. exit (ek'sit), departure of a player from the stage after performing his part. expanse (eks-pans'), extent, a continuous area. expedition (eks'pe-dish'un), excursion, voyage. expert (eks-purt'), skillful. expire (ek-spir'), die. explicit (eks-plis'it), distinctly stated, clear. expostulation (eks-pos'tu-la'shun), earnest reasoning or remonstrance. express (eks-pres'), exact, clear, exterior (eks-te'ri-er), outside. exterminate (eks-tur'mi-nat), drive away, root out. external (eks-tur'nal), outside, foreign. extract (eks'trakt), a selection; short part of a book or writing. extravagance (eks-trav'a-gans), want of moderation, lavishness. extremity (eks-trem'i-ti), greatest peril. extricate (eks'tri-kat), free. exult (eg-zult'), be in high spirits; triumph. facile (fas'il), ready. faculty (fak'ul-ti), mental power. fain (fan), willingly. fallow (fal'o), land plowed but not seeded. Faneuil Hall (fan'l), a building in Boston, Massachusetts, where Revolutionary orators frequently addressed public meetings.