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Question 1

euphoria

Answer 1

D. a feeling of wellbeing

E. The initial euphoria following their victory in the election has now subsided.

Question 2

euthanasia

Answer 2

D. painless death

Question 3

evanescent

\e-və-‘na-sənt\

Answer 3

D. fleeting

E. beauty that is as evanescent as a rainbow

Question 4

evasive

Answer 4

D. not frank or straight forward

E. They took evasive action to avoid capture.

Question 5

evince

\i-ˈvin(t)s\

Answer 5

D. to make evident; to display

E. the teenager caught shoplifting seemed to evince no remorse

Question 6

eviscerate

Answer 6

D. to disembowel

E. the ancient Egyptians would eviscerate the bodies of the dead as part of the process of mummifying them

Question 7

evoke

Answer 7

D. to call forth

Question 8

evolve

Answer 8

D. to develop gradually; to unfold

Question 9

exacerbate

Answer 9

D. to make more intense; to aggravate

E. The proposed factory shutdown would only exacerbate our unemployment problems.

Question 10

exact

Answer 10

D. to call for; to require

E. They would not rest until they had exacted revenge. / He was able to exact a promise from them.

Question 11

exasperate

Answer 11

D. to vex; to excite the anger of

E. The criticism of his latest movie is sure to exasperate his admirers.

Question 12

excise

\ˈek-ˌsīz\

Answer 12

D. to cut away

E. an excise imposed on a number of goods

Question 13

excoriate

\ek-ˈskȯr-ē-ˌāt\

Answer 13

D. to strip of skin; to denounce harshly

E. The candidates have publicly excoriated each other throughout the campaign.

Question 14

exculpate

\ˈek-(ˌ)skəl-ˌpāt\

Answer 14

D. to free from blame

E. I will present evidence that will exculpate my client.

Question 15

execrable

\ˈek-si-krə-bəl\

Answer 15

D. detestable

E. her execrable singing finally brought a complaint from the neighbors

Question 16

exemplary

\ig-ˈzem-plə-rē\

Answer 16

D. serving as a good example

E. armies have traditionally used public execution as an exemplary punishment for the crime of desertion

Question 17

exhort

\ig-ˈzȯrt\

Answer 17

D. to urge

E. She exhorted her listeners to support the proposition.

Question 18

exigency

\ˈek-sə-jən(t)-sē

Answer 18

D. an emergency

E. the exigencies requiring snap decisions that traders on the stock exchange face every day

Question 19

exiguous

\ig-ˈzi-gyə-wəs\

Answer 19

D. meager

E. computer equipment that would be prohibitively expensive, given the rural school’s exiguous resources

Question 20

exonerate

Answer 20

D. to acquit

E. the results of the DNA fingerprinting finally exonerated the man, but only after he had wasted 10 years of his life in prison

Question 21

exorbitant

Answer 21

D. excessive; extravagant

E. the cost of our stay was so exorbitant you would have thought that we had bought the hotel and not just spent a few nights there

Question 22

exorcise

Answer 22

D. to drive out (an evil spirit)

E. The movie is about a priest who tries to exorcise demons from a young girl. / please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary

Question 23

expatiate

\ek-ˈspā-shē-ˌāt\

Answer 23

D. to talk freely and at length

E. the naturalist is known for her willingness to expatiate on any number of issues relating to wildlife and the environment

Question 24

expedient

\ik-ˈspē-dē-ənt\

Answer 24

D. advantageous (ex-out+ped-foot)

E. Do the right thing, not the expedient thing.

Question 25

expedite \ˈek-spə-ˌdīt\

Answer 25

D. to speed up or made easy (ex-out+ped-foot) E. They've asked the judge to expedite the lawsuits.

Question 26

expeditious \ˌek-spə-ˈdi-shəs\

Answer 26

D. efficient and quick (ex-out+ped-foot) E. a company that is well-regarded for its expeditious handling of any request or complaint

Question 27

expiate \ˈek-spē-ˌāt\

Answer 27

D. to atone for; to put an end to E. Yom Kippur is the holy day on which Jews are expected to expiate sins committed during the past year.

Question 28

expound

Answer 28

D. to set forth E. The article expounds the virtues of a healthy diet.

Question 29

expunge \ik-ˈspənj\

Answer 29

D. to blot out; to erase E. time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here

Question 30

expurgate \ˈek-spər-ˌgāt\

Answer 30

D. to rid (a book) of offensive E. They felt it was necessary to expurgate his letters before publishing them.

Question 31

extant \ˈek-stənt\

Answer 31

D. in existence E. one of the oldest buildings still extant

Question 32

extemporaneous \(ˌ)ek-ˌstem-pə-ˈrā-nē-əs\

Answer 32

D. not planned E. caught by surprise, I had to make an extemporaneous speech at the awards banquet

Question 33

extenuate \ik-ˈsten-yə-ˌwāt\

Answer 33

D. to make thin; to diminish E. don't even try to extenuate their vandalism of the cemetery with the old refrain of “Boys will be boys”

Question 34

extirpate \ˈek-stər-ˌpāt\

Answer 34

D. to pluck out E. the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases

Question 35

extol

Answer 35

D. to praise

Question 36

extort

Answer 36

D. to take from a person by force E. a school bully who was used to extorting lunch money from weaker kids

Question 37

extradition \ek-strə-'di-shən\

Answer 37

D. the officially send back somebody who has been accused or found guilty of a crime to the country where the crime was committed E. the extradition of terrorist suspects

Question 38

extraneous \ek-'strā-\

Answer 38

D. not essential E. the professor would have covered all of the course material if she had refrained from her extraneous remarks on just about everything

Question 39

extricate \ˈek-strə-ˌkāt\

Answer 39

D. to free E. Several survivors were extricated from the wreckage.

Question 40

extrinsic \ek-ˈstrin-zik\

Answer 40

D. not essential; extraneous E. the fact that the ring belonged to your grandmother is extrinsic to its value to a jeweler

Question 41

extrovert

Answer 41

D. one whose interest is directed outside himself

Question 42

extrude

Answer 42

D. to force or push out E. The machine extrudes enough molten glass to fill the mold. / a toy made from extruded plastic

Question 43

exuberant

Answer 43

D. profuse; effusive E. His exuberant personality makes him fun to be around.

Question 44

exude \ig-ˈzüd\

Answer 44

D. to ooze; to diffuse; to radiate E. The flowers exuded a sweet fragrance. / exudes charm

Question 45

fabricate

Answer 45

D. to build; to lie

Question 46

façade \fə-ˈsäd\

Answer 46

D. the front of the building E. I could sense the hostility lurking behind her polite facade. / They were trying to preserve the facade of a happy marriage.