Webster Essential Vocabulary

ethnicity*(eth NIS i tee) n.classification of a cultural subgroup with a com-
mon cultural heritage or nationality

• Being of Ethiopian descent is an ethnicity.


• Having a Lithuanian heritage is an ethnicity.


• Speaking Spanish or English is a commonality of language but is not an
  ethnicity.
  evaluate(ee VAL yoo AYT) vt.1. to find the value or amount of; 2. to judge the
  worth or quality of something; appraise; 3. (math) to find the numerical value of


• The appraiser evaluatedKim’s oil painting as being worth between $1,500
  and $2,000.


• Jorgeevaluatedthe parcel of land as being too small for raising cattle.


• By solving the equation, Millie evaluated xto be 45.
  [-d, evaluating, evaluation n.] [Syn. estimate]
  evanescent (EV in ES int) adj.tending to be transitory; having the tendency to
  pass or fade from sight; ephemeral


• The evanescentmist soon began to dissipate from the heat of the sun.


• The evanescentsmoke from the cannon’s muzzle vanished within minutes.
  [-ly adv.] [Syn. transient]
  eventually(ee VENT yoo i lee) adv.finally; in the end; ultimately


• All things, good or bad, eventuallycome to an end.


• A trip around the world will eventuallybring you back to your starting point.
  [eventual adj.]

Quick Review #35.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

E: SAT Words 103

1. especially


2. espouse


3. essence


4. essential


5. establish


6. esteem


7. ethical


8. ethicist


9. ethnicity


10. evaluate


11. evanescent


12. eventually

a. requisite

b. moral

c. transient

d. heritage

e. unusually

f. ultimately

g. estimate

h. advocate

i. found

j. moralist

k. entity

l. appreciate