This section is from the book "Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: A Guide To Correct Writing", by Thos. E. Hill. Also available from Amazon: Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: The How-To-Do-Everything Book Of Victorian America.
Endeavor - aim, exertion, effort, attempt.
Endless - unending, everlasting, perpetual, interminable, infinite, incessant, eternal.
Endurance - submission, fortitude, patience, resignation.
Enemy - adversary, opponent, foe, antagonist.
Energy - determination, efficacy, force, vigor, strength, potency, power.
Enervate - weaken, enfeeble, unnerve, debilitate, deteriorate.
Engage - employ, enlist, fight, induce, pledge, promise, attract, win.
Enjoyment - happiness, pleasure, joy, gratification.
Enlarge - extend, widen, lengthen, increase.
Enmity - spite, hatred, hostility, malignity, animosity.
Enough - ample, sufficient, plenty, abundance.
Enrage - excite, irritate, inflame, incense, aggravate, exasperate.
Enrapture - charm, attract, captivate, fascinate, enchant.
Enterprise - business, adventure, attempt, undertaking.
Entertainment - pastime, sport, amusement, recreation, diversion, performance, banquet, feast.
Entice - tempt, decoy, seduce, attract, allure.
Entire - full, whole, perfect, complete, total, integral.
Entirely - perfectly, completely, wholly.
Entitle - style, designate, name, characterize, denominate.
Entreat - ask, solicit, crave, beg, beseech, implore, petition, supplicate.
Envy - suspicion, jealousy, grudging.
Epitomize - lessen, abridge, curtail, reduce, condense.
Equal - commensurate, adequate, uniform.
Equitable - just, right, honest, satisfactory, impartial, reasonable, fair.
Eradicate - exterminate, root out, extirpate.
Erase - expunge, efface, cancel, obliterate.
Erect - build, raise, found, set up, construct, elevate, establish, institute.
Error - blunder, mistake, fault.
Escape - elope, evade, elude, fly, avoid, pass.
Essential - important, necessary, requisite, indispensable. Esteem - respect, regard, value, appreciate, prize, love. Estimate - rate, compute, value, calculate, appraise, appreciate, esteem.
Eternal - perpetual, forever, endless, infinite, immortal, continual, everlasting.
Evade - escape, elude, avoid, prevaricate, shun.
Even - smooth, level, plain, equal, uniform.
Event - incident, adventure, issue, occurrence, result, consequence.
Ever - always, constantly, forever, unceasingly, continually, incessantly.
Evidence - proof, deposition, witness, testimony.
Evil - sinful, wicked, bad.
Exact - enjoin, demand, extract, extort.
Exact - sure, strict, punctual, precise, accurate.
Exalted - high, elevated, refined, dignified, raised, sublime, magnificent.
Examination - search, scrutiny, investigation, inquiry, research.
Example - copy, precedent, pattern.
Exasperate - excite, irritate, enrage, vex, provoke, aggravate.
Exceed - improve, outdo, excel, surpass, transcend.
Excellence - goodness, purity, superiority, perfection, eminence.
Except - but, besides, unless, ob-ject.
Exchange - barter, trade, traffic.
Excite - provoke, arouse, incite, stimulate, awaken, irritate.
Exculpate - forgive, exonerate, acquit, absolve, justify.
Excuse - pretense, pretext, plea, subterfuge, apology, evasion.
Execrable - hateful, detestable, contemptible, abominable.
Exemption - freedom, privilege, immunity.
Exercise - practice, exert, carry on.
Exhaust - empty, drain, spend.
Exigency - necessity, emergency.
Exonerate - clear, relieve, exculpate, justify, acquit, absolve, forgive.
Expectation - belief, trust, hope, confidence, anticipation.
Expedient - fit, suitable, necessary, requisite.
Expedite - hurry, hasten, accelerate, quicken.
Expeditious - speedy, diligent, quick, prompt.
Expel - exile, banish, cast out.
Expensive - dear, costly, valuable.
Experience - knowledge, trial, experiment, proof, test.
Expert - handy, ready, skillful, adroit, dexterous. Explain - show, elucidate, unfold.
Explanation - detail, account, description, relation, explication, recital.
Explicit - clear, definite, express, plain.
Exploit - feat, accomplishment, achievement, deed, performance. Explore - search, examine.
Extend - spread out, stretch out, enlarge, increase, distend, diffuse.
Extensive - wide, comprehensive, large.
Extenuate - palliate, diminish, lessen, excuse.
Exterior - outward, outside, external.
Exterminate - eradicate, extirpate, destroy.
External - outward, exterior.
Extol - commend, praise, admire, laud, eulogize, applaud.
Facetious - amusing, jocular, comic, jocose.
Fact - incident, circumstance.
Faculty - ability, gift, talent, power.
Fulling - weakness, imperfection, frailty, misfortune, miscarriage, foible, fault.
Fair - clear, consistent, right, impartial, straight, honest, just, equitable.
Faith - trust, belief, credit, fidelity.
Fallacious - illusive, visionary, deceitful, delusive, fraudulent.
Falsehood - falsity, falsification, fabrication, fiction, lie, untruth.
Familiar - free, intimate, unceremonious.
Famous - celebrated, eminent, renowned, distinguished, illustrious.
Fanciful - ideal, imaginative, capricious, fantastical, whimsical, hypochondriac.
Fancy - imagination, taste, whim, caprice, inclination, liking, conceit, notion, conception, humor, ideality.
Fascinate - charm, attract, captivate, bewitch, enchant, enrapture.
Fashion - style, mode, custom, manner, way, practice, form, sort.
Fasten - fix, hold, stick, annex, attach, affix.
Fastidious - particular, disdainful, squeamish.
Fate - destiny, chance, fortune, luck, doom, lot.
Favor - civility, support, benefit, grace.
Favorable - auspicious, suitable, propitious.
Fault - failing, error, shortcoming, blemish, imperfection, offense.
Faultless - guiltless, blameless, spotless, innocent.
 
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