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Expunge

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To take out; to delete; to remove

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Excise

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To take out; to delete; to remove

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E and EX

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OUT

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Eccentric

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Literally OUT of the center; departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm; an odd; UNCONVENTIONAL person

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Extricate

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To get OUT of a difficult situation or entanglement

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Exemplary

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Standing OUT from the norm; outstanding; worthy of imitation

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Enumerate

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To count OUT; to list; to tick off the reasons for

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Elusive

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OUT of reach and therefore difficult to catch, define, pro describe

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Exorbitant

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Literally OUT of orbit and therefore unreasonably expensive

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Redundant

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Needlessly repetitive; saying things again and again

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Repudiate

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To take BACK: to reject; to disavow

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Recant

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To take BACK: to reject; to disavow

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Renounce

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To take BACK: to reject; to disavow

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Relinquish

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To surrender or to give BACK (or return) a possession, right, privilege

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