expiate
verb
make amends or reparation for
exacerbate
verb (used with
to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of
exaggerate
verb (used with
to magnify beyond the limits of truth
exasperate
verb (used with
to irritate or provoke to a high degree
excavate
verb (used with
to make hollow by removing the inner part
exceed
verb (used with
to go beyond the bounds or limits of
excel
verb (used with
do extremely well
excerpt
noun
a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document or film
excess
noun
fact of exceeding something else in amount or degree
exclude
verb (used with
to shut or keep out
excrescence
noun
abnormal outgrowth, usually harmless, on an animal or vegetable body
excruciate
verb (used with
to inflict severe pain upon
excursion
noun
short trip, usually for a special purpose and with the intention of a prompt return
execrable
adjective
utterly detestable
execration
noun
curse or imprecation
executor
noun
one who carries out some duty or job
exegesis
noun
critical interpretation of a text or portion of a text, esp. the Bible
exemplar
noun
model or pattern to be imitate
exemplify
verb (used with
to show or illustrate by example
exempt
verb (used with
to free from an obligation to which others are subject
exhilarate
verb (used with
enliven and invigorate
exhume
verb (used with
to dig out of the earth; disinter
exigent
adjective
requiring immediate action
existence
noun
state or fact of being
exodus
noun
departure or emigration of a large number of people
exonerate
verb (used with
to clear of an accusation
exorbitant
adjective
exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason in amount or extent
expatriate
verb (used with
withdraw from residence in one's native country
expectorate
verb (used with
to expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat by coughing
expedient
adjective
tending to promote some proposed or desired object
expedite
verb (used with
to speed up the progress of
expend
verb (used with
to pay out
explicate
verb (used with
to make plain or clear
explicit
adjective
fully expressed, leaving nothing implied
expository
adjective
serving to set forth or explain
expostulate
verb (used with
to reason with someone in order to dissuade from an action
expulsion
noun
driving out or expelling
extant
adjective
not destroyed or lost
extemporaneous
adjective
done without special advance preparation
extensive
adjective
of great width
extenuate
verb (used with
to represent as less serious
external
adjective
outside or the outer part
extinct
adjective
that has ended or died out
extol
verb (used with
to praise highly
extort
verb (used with
to wrest or wring from a person by violence, intimidation, or abuse of authority
extradite
verb (used with
to give up an alleged fugitive or criminal to an authority
extrajudicial
adjective
beyond the action or authority of a court
extraneous
adjective
not belonging or proper to a thing
extraordinary
adjective
beyond what is regular or established
extravagant
adjective
spending much more than is necessary or wise
extricate
verb (used with
to free or release from entanglement
extrude
verb (used with
to thrust, force or press out
exuberant
adjective
effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic
