Excerpt from A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the English Language, Abridged From the Webster's American Dictionary: With Numerous Synonyms, Carefully Discriminated; To Which Are Added, Walker's Key to the Pronunciation of Classical and Scripture Proper Names Effrontery, see impudence. Egotism - Self-conceit, vanity. To elect, see To choose. Elegance - grace. [plex. To embarrass - to puzzle, per To embellish, see To adorn. Eminent, see distinguished. Emotiona - feeling, agitation. Empirical, see transcendental. To employ, see TO use. Empty, see vacant. [ry. Emulation - competition, rival Encomium, see eulogy. Encounter, see contest. Endeavor, see attempt. EN beav or' effort, exercise, struggle. Enemy, see adversary. Engagement, see battle. To enlarge, see To incre Enmity, see rancor. Enormous - immense, excessive. To entertain, see TO amuse. Enthusiasm - fanaticism. To entice, see To allure. Entire, see complete, also rad ical. To entreat, see To beseech. Epithet - title, appellation. Epitome, see abridgment. Equity, see justice. Equivocal - ambiguous. To equivocate, see To prevari cate. Erudition, see literature. Especial, see peculiar. To esteem, see To appreciate. To estimate - to esteem. To estimate, see To appreciate. Eternal, see everlasting. Eucharist, see sacrament. Eulogy - encomium, panegyric. To evade, see To prevaricate. Event, see circumstance. Everlasting - eternal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.