Webster Essential Vocabulary

erratic(ir AT ik) adj.1. without fixed course or purpose; irregular; random;
meandering; 2. deviating from the usual course; eccentric; odd

• A moth’s erraticflight is one adaptation to its survival.


• Billionaire Howard Hughes’s reclusive behavior during his final years can
  easily be called erratic.
  [-ly adv.]
  erroneous(ir OH nee uhs) adj.based on or containing error; mistaken; wrong


• The report of your beheading was apparently erroneous.


• Erroneousinformation is commonly on the front page of supermarket tabloids.
  [-ly adv.]

Quick Review #34.

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

E: SAT Words 101

1. enigmatic


2. enjoy


3. enlighten


4. enmity


5. ensemble


6. epidemiology


7. epilogue


8. epitaph


9. epitomize


10. eradicate


11. erratic


12. erroneous

a. exterminate

b. tribute

c. hostility

d. summarize

e. wrong

f. afterthought

g. inform

h. eccentric

i. medicine

j. relish

k. whole

l. obscure

especially (es PESH uh lee) adj.particularly; mainly; to a great degree; unusually

• Chinese is an especiallydifficult language for Occidentals to master.


• This sentence is for Bill, Bob, and Marcia, and especiallyfor Suzanne.


• Especiallyis not an especiallyunusual word; you probably hear it every
  day—especiallyfrom TV news programs.
  espouse(es POWZ) vt.1. to take as a spouse; marry; 2. to take up, support, or
  advocate some cause, idea, etc.


• Diana and Charles were espoused.


• Dick and Jane will espouseat 1:30 P.M.


• Consumer advisors espouseshopping for a car and for financing separately.


• Teddy Roosevelt often espousedspeaking softly and carrying a big stick.
  [-d, espousing] [Syn. advocate]