| A | B |
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| dysentery | intestinal disorder resulting in severe diarrhea |
| exstrophy | the turning inside out of an organ |
| economy | a region's wealth & resources; careful, thrifty management of resources |
| emblem | a symbolic representation of a quality, concept, etc. |
| emphasis | importance, value, or promimence, or special meaning given to something |
| ephemeral | lasting for a very short time |
| eucalyptus | a fast-growing, evergreen, Australian tree of the myrtle family |
| eulogy | a speech praising someone highly, especially a person who has just died |
| euphoria | a feeling or state of intense happiness, well-being, excitement, etc. |
| ectostosis | bone formation (ossification) of cartilage beginning beneath the perichondrium and proceeding inward |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work |
| epidemic | a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community |
| endemic | regularly found among particular people or in a certain area |
| demography | the (study of the) composition & characteristics of a particular human population |
| bigamy | the act of marrying while already married to another |
| monogamy | the practice or state of being married to one person at a time |
| exogamy | the custom of marrying outside a community, clan, or tribe |
| endogamy | the custom of marrying only within a local community, clan, or tribe |
| autogamy | self-fertilization, especially the self-pollination of a flower |
| allogamy | the fertilization of a flower by pollen from another flower, esp. one from a different plant |
| Decameron | a work by Boccacio in which ten tales were told on each day |
| hemeralopia | "day blindness"; inability to see clearly in bright light |
| cenotaph | a tomblike monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating those who died in a war |
| thanatology | the study of death & the practices associated with it |
| epitome | a thing typical of something; a summary, brief, or minature form |
| eccentricity | the condition of being odd, peculiar, or out of the ordinary |
| antagonistic | mutually oppsed, conflicting |
| glossary | a list of special words with explanation or comment |
| euthanasia | a good and/or painless death; a mercy killing |
| exodus | a departure, said of a large group |
| pandemic | a disease occurring over a vast geographic region, e.g. a country, the world |
| epitaph | a brief statement on a grave or headstone |
| anemic | having insufficient red blood cells; figuratively, lacking strength, vigor, power |
| encyclical | a papal letter to bishops, stating the church's position on important matters |
| dystrophy | defective nutrition |
| apostolic | coming from or originating with the Apostles |
| epistolary | that is found in letters |
| evangelical | of/according to the teaching of the gospel or Christian religion |
| epilogue | a concluding part added (as to a book) |
