| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| employ | to give work to someone, usually for payment |
| empress | an emperor’s wife, or the female ruler of an empire |
| empty | with nothing or no one inside |
| enable | to make able, empower, authorize |
| enamel | a hard shiny paint used on such things as bathtubs, cookers and saucepans |
| enclose | to put something in an envelope or package; to surround or shut in by a fence or wall |
| encounter | a controversy, conflict |
| encourage | t help someone keep on trying; to try to give courage to someone |
| encyclopedia | a book or set of books which tells you something about every subject |
| end | the last part; the finish |
| ending | termination |
| endorse | to confirm, write on the back of a document |
| endure | to bear trouble or pain with courage and patience |
| enemy | someone who fights against you or your country |
| engage | to hire someone to work for you |
| engaged | bound by a promise as when a man and a woman are engaged to be married to each other |
| engine | a machine which makes things work. Aeroplanes, cars and trains are all moved by engines |
| engineer | someone who makes or looks after machines. The same word also means someone who plans and builds dams, roads, railways and bridges |
| enjoy | to take pleasure in something |
| enmity | ill will, hostility, opposition |
| enormous | very large; huge |
| enough | as much as is needed and no more |
| enquire | to ask. The word is also spelled inquire |
| enter | to go or come into a place |
| entertain | to amuse. The same word also means to have someone as your guest |
| entertainment | a show or concert that entertains or amuses you |
| enthusiasm | keenness; eagerness; great interest is something |
| entire | complete; whole |
| entrance | a doorway or way into a place |
| entry | the act of entering |
| envelope | a folded piece of paper in which you put letters for posting |
| environment | conditions under which one lives |
| envy | a wish to have something that belongs to someone else |
| epigram | a concise witty poem, a pointed and short poem |
| episode | an event in a story; a complete short story which is part of a longer story |
| equal | of the same size, quantity or value as something else |
| equator | an imaginary line around the middle of the earth’s surface |
| equipment | all the things needed to do a job, play a game, or go on an expedition |
| erect | upright; standing up straight |
| errand | a short journey to take a message or to deliver or collect something |
| error | a mistake; something that has been done incorrectly |
| escalator | a moving staircase |
| escape | to get free. Usually from something unpleasant |
| especially | most of all; of greatest importance |
| estimate | to guess the size, quantity or value of something |
| eve | evening. The same word also means the day before a special event, like Christmas Eve |
| even | level; smooth. The same word also means any number that can be divided exactly by two |
| evening | the time between afternoon and night |
| event | something that happens |
| ever | always; for all time |
Non-defining relative clause
Non-defining relative clauses are placed after nouns which are definite already.
The adjective clause which does not define the noun before it but gives additional information about the noun is called the non-defining relative clause.