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Enervate

(Verb)

Meaning:Wear out; make weak, especially in physical strength
Looks Like:Energy_ate
Remember This:Won’t you be weakened if the germs wear out your energy away?
Other Forms:Enervation (noun)

Enigma

(Noun)

Meaning:A person or an act not easily understood; brain-twister
Looks Like:Engine_ma (mother); Egg_ma
Imagine This:It still remains a brain-twister on who is the mother (or inventor) of engines.
A curious young lad was puzzled about what was inside an egg so he asked his mother to crack it open for him to see.
Other Forms:Enigmatic (adj.)

Enmity

(Noun)

Meaning:Hostility
Looks Like:Enemy
Sounds Like:Enemy
Imagine This:The hostility among two countries led them into wars.

Ephemeral

(Adjective)

Meaning:Last only for a short time; short lived
Sounds Like:The_moral
Imagine This:A young boy learned the moral behind the fable of “The Tortoise and the Hare� while his grandmother read it to him, but after a few days he forgot it. Remember This:In the Bible, Paul constantly wrote to the Ephesians to remind them to keep their faith in God and not to let their good morals short lived.
Other Forms:Ephemerally (adv.)

Erudition

(Noun)

Meaning:Knowledge obtained by learning; know-how; expertise
Looks Like:The_edition
Imagine This:After the scientists gathering years of learning about snakes in the desert, they wrote an encyclopedia on snakes that had many subsequent editions.
Remember This:Erudite is a Greek philosopher who had a lot of knowledge through many years of study.
Other Forms:Erudite (adj.); Eruditely (adv.)