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Usage

• enthrall

  If something enthralls you, it makes you so interested and excited that you give it all your attention.

• envisage

  When you envisage something, you imagine or consider its future possibility.

• endemic

  Something that is endemic to a place, such as a disease or life form, is very frequently found in and restricted to that area or region.

• ensconce

  If you ensconce yourself somewhere, you put yourself into a comfortable place or safe position and have no intention of moving or leaving for quite some time.

• enclave

  An enclave is a small area within a larger area of a city or country in which people of a different nationality or culture live.

• ensue

  When something ensues, it happens after or as a result of another event.

• entropy

  Entropy is the lack of organization or measure of disorder currently in a system.

• encumber

  If something encumbers you, it makes it difficult for you to move freely or do what you want.

• enjoin

  When you enjoin someone to do something, you order or bid them to do it with authority.

• engender

  If something engenders a particular feeling or attitude, it causes that condition.

• entourage

  An entourage is a group of assistants, servants, and other people who tag along with an important person.

• encomium

  An encomium strongly praises someone or something via oral or written communication.

• disentangle

  When you disentangle a knot or a problem, you untie the knot or get yourself out of the problem.

• encompass

  When something encompasses something else, it includes all aspects of it or completely surrounds it.

• encroachment

  When you are guilty of encroachment, you intrude upon or invade another person's private space.

• parenthetical

  A parenthetical remark further explains or qualifies information.

• endure

  When someone is able to endure something difficult, they are able to last or keep on going.

• endorse

  When someone endorses a product, they support or approve of it in a formal and public way.

• engaging

  An engaging activity is attractive or agreeable to those who are involved in it.

• entice

  When someone entices you, they are trying to get you to do something by making it appear attractive.

• environment

  Your environment is the world around you.

• encapsulate

  enclose in a capsule or other small container

• encipher

  convert ordinary language into code

• encourage

  contribute to the progress or growth of

• encumbrance

  an onerous or difficult concern

• endear

  make attractive or lovable

• energy

  (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work

• enfranchise

  grant freedom to

• enshroud

  cover as if with a shroud

• entail

  have as a logical consequence

• enthusiasm

  a feeling of excitement

• envelop

  enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering