Ant. “Kill” (of something charged, from which the electricity is suddenly removed); disconnect, sever (of apparatus for carrying electricity); stupefy, soothe, deaden, calm, mesmerize.

Elegance. Grace, beauty, propriety, symmetry; polish, politeness, refinement, gentility, gracefulness, taste.

Ant. Deformity, awkwardness, coarseness, rudeness, disproportion.

Elegant. Graceful, well-formed, symmetrical, lovely, handsome, comely, refined, tasteful, ornamental, accomplished, polished.

Ant. Awkward, deformed, ill-proportioned, misshapen, ungraceful, hideous, coarse, rude.

Elegy. Dirge, threnody, lament, jeremiad, requiem, coronach, funeral song; serious or melancholy poem.

Ant. Pæan, jubilee, halleluiah, anthem.

Element. Constituent, component, ingredient, part, principle, atom; (pl.) rudiments, outlines, essential parts.

Ant. Whole, mass, aggregate, total, totality, gross, sum, amount.

Elementary. Simple, uncompounded, rudimentary, primary; physical, material, natural; ultimate, component, constituent.