Unit 26
1. efficacy (n.) – efficiency; effectiveness
Example: A treatment’s efficacy should be weighed against its side effects.
Synonyms: effectiveness, potency, efficiency
Antonyms: inefficacy, ineffectiveness
Nepali Meaning: प्रभावकारिता; क्षमता
Nepali Example: उपचारको प्रभावकारिता त्यसका दुष्प्रभावसँग तौलिनु पर्छ।
2. effrontery (n.) – shameless boldness
Example: The student had the effrontery to argue school is a waste of time.
Synonyms: audacity, nerve, gall
Antonyms: modesty, diffidence
Nepali Meaning: निर्लज्ज साहस
Nepali Example: विद्यार्थीले स्कूल समयको अपचय हो भन्ने निर्लज्ज तर्क गर्यो।
3. egoism (n.) – self-centeredness
Example: Philosophy begins by moving away from egoism to broader understanding.
Synonyms: selfishness, narcissism, egocentrism
Antonyms: altruism, selflessness
Nepali Meaning: आत्मकेन्द्रितता
Nepali Example: दर्शनको सुरुवात आत्मकेन्द्रितताबाट टाढा जानेर व्यापक बुझाइतर्फ लाग्छ।
4. egotistical (adj.) – excessively self-centered
Example: Critics accused the writer of being egotistical in her self-focused works.
Synonyms: conceited, vain, self-absorbed
Antonyms: humble, modest
Nepali Meaning: अत्यधिक आत्ममुखी
Nepali Example: आलोचकहरूले लेखिकालाई आफूमात्र केन्द्रित कृतिहरूमा अत्यधिक आत्ममुखी भनेर आरोप लगाए।
5. elegy (n.) – poem expressing lamentation
Example: Shelley wrote “Adonais” as an elegy for his friend Keats.
Synonyms: lament, dirge, requiem
Antonyms: paean, celebration
Nepali Meaning: शोकगीत
Nepali Example: शेलीले आफ्ना साथी कीट्सको लागि “एडोनाइस” शोकगीत लेखे।
6. elicit (v.) – to provoke; draw out
Example: The Socratic method elicits responses that guide understanding.
Synonyms: evoke, extract, obtain
Antonyms: suppress, conceal
Nepali Meaning: उत्प्रेरित गर्नु; प्राप्त गर्नु
Nepali Example: सुक्रातीय विधिले बुझाइतर्फ निर्देशन गर्ने प्रतिक्रियाहरू उत्प्रेरित गर्छ।
7. elixir (n.) – substance believed to cure ills
Example: The doctor said the medicine helps but isn’t an elixir.
Synonyms: panacea, cure-all, remedy
Antonyms: poison, toxin
Nepali Meaning: रोग निको पार्ने मानिने पदार्थ
Nepali Example: डाक्टरले भनिन् कि औषधीले मद्दत गर्छ तर यो चमत्कारिक औषधी होइन।
8. Elysian (adj.) – blissful; delightful
Example: In Virgil’s Aeneid, Aeneas meets his father in Elysian fields.
Synonyms: heavenly, paradisiacal, idyllic
Antonyms: hellish, miserable
Nepali Meaning: आनन्ददायी; स्वर्गीय
Nepali Example: भर्जिलको एनिडमा, एनियसले आफ्ना बुबालाई स्वर्गीय मैदानमा भेट्छन्।
9. emaciated (adj.) – thin and wasted
Example: The prisoner became emaciated on bread and water alone.
Synonyms: gaunt, skeletal, haggard
Antonyms: plump, robust
Nepali Meaning: क्षीण; दुब्ला-पातल
Nepali Example: कैदी रोटी र पानीमा मात्र जीवित रहँदा दुब्ला-पातल भए।
10. embellish (v.) – to adorn; enhance with details
Example: The story was powerful enough that it needed no embellishment.
Synonyms: decorate, elaborate, ornament
Antonyms: simplify, strip
Nepali Meaning: सजाउनु; विस्तृत गर्नु
Nepali Example: कथा यति प्रभावशाली थियो कि यसलाई कुनै थप विवरणको आवश्यकता थिएन।