gre王牌词汇：2012新GRE阅读词汇必备资料25

enduring

lasting; surviving; V. endure: bear (pain or suffering) for a long time; remain alive (in spite of difficulties); last; survive

energize

invigorate; give energy to; make forceful and active

enervate

weaken; take away energy from

enfranchise

admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote); CF. franchise

engage

attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself; confront; fight; enter into confliction; interlock; lock together; participate; N. engagement: agreement to marry; arrangement to meet someone or to do something; battle

engaged

employed; busy; betrothed; involved in conflict

engaging

charming; attractive

engender

cause; produce; give rise to

engross

occupy fully; absorb

engulf

surround and swallow up

enhance

increase; make greater (as in value, reputation, or usefulness); improve

enigma

puzzle; mystery; ADJ. enigmatic: obscure; puzzling

enjoin

command; order; forbid

enlist

(cause to) join the armed forces; obtain (help, sympathy, or support)

enliven

make lively or spirited; animate

enmity

ill will; hatred; hostility

ennui

boredom; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; CF. annoy