
Ebullient — enthusiastic, lively
Efficacious — effective, producing the desired result
Elegy — a poem of mourning
Eloquent — fluent, persuasive in speech or writing
Eminent — famous, distinguished, prominent
Empirical — based on observation or experience, not theory
Enervate — to weaken, drain of energy (NOT energize!)
Enigmatic — mysterious, puzzling
Ephemeral — lasting a very short time
Equivocal — ambiguous, open to multiple interpretations
DANGER WORD: Enervate. Students always think it means to energize because it sounds like "energy." It means the OPPOSITE — to weaken. This is one of the GRE's all-time favorite traps.
Reference:
TaskLoco™ — The Sticky Note GOAT