| A | B |
|---|
| espouse | to support, or to marry |
| espy (E/EX out + SPY/SPEC look) | catch sight of, glimpse |
| esquire | a title of dignity, office, or courtesy. |
| ethereal | heavenly, exceptionally delicate or refined |
| evert (E/EX out + VERT turn) | to turn inside out |
| execrable (EX out + SACR sacred) | utterly detestable; abominable; very bad |
| exorcise (EX out + CISE cut) | to cast or drive out by religious or magical means. |
| expectorate (EX out + PECT breast) | to cough up and spit forth. |
| explicate (think explain + -ATE cause) | to make plain or clear |
| extenuate (EX out + tenuare Latin for "thin") | to lessen the seriousness of; to lessen the appearance of guilt, crime, faults, etc. |
| extricate (EX out) | to release from entanglement or difficulty |
| extrude (EX out; think the opposite of intrude) | to thrust out, force out, or press out |
| facile | easily done; very agreeable; moving, acting, or working with ease |
| factious (think factions + -OUS full of) | divisive; mutinous |
| fealty (spelling variant of FID faith) | faithfulness; loyalty |
| fecund | productive in mind; creative intellectually; fertile |
| feral (e.g., feral hogs) | savage, wild, untamed |
| fetter | to restrain, chain, tie |
| flaccid | soft and weak; unfirm; lacking force; limp |
| flout | to scorn, ignore, show contempt for |
| fluctuate (FLUCT/FLECT bend + -ATE cause) | to change continually; to shift back and forth |
| foible (related to feeble) | a slight flaw or personal defect; weakness |
| foist | to impose (something or someone unwanted) upon another by trickery or deception; to insert fraudelently |
| fortitude (FORT power or strength + TUDE state of) | strength |
| fortuitous (think fortune) | lucky, occurring by chance |
