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errant

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1.
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.

2.
journeying or traveling, as a medieval knight in quest of adventure; roving adventurously.

3.
moving in an aimless or lightly changing manner:
an errant breeze.

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erratic

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1.
unpredictable; unstable; capricious.

2.
deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; eccentric; queer:
erratic behavior.

3.
having no certain or definite course; wandering; not fixed:
erratic winds.

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erroneous

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1.
containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong:
an erroneous answer.

2.
straying from what is moral, decent, proper, etc.

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ersatz

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1.
serving as a substitute; synthetic; artificial:
an ersatz coffee made from grain.

2.
an artificial substance or article used to replace something natural or genuine; a substitute.

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erudite

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characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly:

an erudite professor; an erudite commentary.

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escalate

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1.
to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.:
to escalate a war; a time when prices escalate.

2.
to raise, lower, rise, or descend on or as if on an escalator.

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escapade

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1.
a reckless adventure or wild prank.

2.
an escape from confinement or restraint.

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escapism

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the avoidance of reality by absorption of the mind in entertainment or in an imaginative situation, activity, etc.

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eschew

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to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid:

to eschew evil.

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esoteric

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1.
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
poetry full of esoteric allusions; esoteric philosophical doctrines.

2.
belonging to the select few.

3.
private; secret; confidential.

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espionage

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1.
the act or practice of spying.

2.
the use of spies by a government to discover the military and political secrets of other nations.

3.
the use of spies by a corporation or the like to acquire the plans, technical knowledge, etc., of a competitor:
industrial espionage.

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espouse

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1.
to make one’s own; adopt or embrace, as a cause; champion, advocate.

2.
to marry.

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espy

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to see at a distance; catch sight of.

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estrange

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1.
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
Their quarrel estranged the two friends.

2.
to remove to or keep at a distance:
The necessity for traveling on business has estranged him from his family.

3.
to divert from the original use or possessor.

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ethereal

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1.
light, airy, or tenuous:
an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination.

2.
extremely delicate or refined:
ethereal beauty.

3.
heavenly or celestial:
gone to his ethereal home.

4.
of or relating to the upper regions of space.

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ethos

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1.
the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
In the Greek ethos the individual was highly valued.

2.
the character or disposition of a community, group, person, etc.

3.
the moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character’s action rather than his or her thought or emotion.

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etiquette

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1.
conventional requirements as to social behavior; proprieties of conduct as established in any class or community or for any occasion.

2.
a prescribed or accepted code of usage in matters of ceremony, as at a court or in official or other formal observances.

3.
the code of ethical behavior regarding professional practice or action among the members of a profession in their dealings with each other:
medical etiquette.

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etymology

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1.
the origin of a word.

2.
a chronological account of the birth and development of a particular word or element of a word, often delineating its spread from one language to another and its evolving changes in form and meaning.

3.
the study of historical linguistic change, especially as manifested in individual words.

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eulogy

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1.
a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially a set oration in honor of a deceased person.

2.
high praise or commendation.

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euphemism

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1.
the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.

2.
the expression so substituted: “to pass away” is a euphemism for “to die.”

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euphony

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agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear, especially a pleasant sounding or harmonious combination or succession of words:
the majestic euphony of Milton’s poetry.

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euphoria

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1.
a state of intense happiness and self-confidence:
She was flooded with euphoria as she went to the podium to receive her award.

2.
a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania.

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euthanasia

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1.
the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition; mercy killing.

2.
painless death.

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evanescent

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1.
vanishing; fading away; fleeting.

2.
tending to become imperceptible; scarcely perceptible.

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even-handed

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impartial; equitable:

evenhanded justice.

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evict

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1.
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent; eject; dislodge.

2.
to recover property by virtue of superior legal title.

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evince

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1.
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.

2.
to reveal the possession of a quality, trait, etc.

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eviscerate

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1.
to remove the entrails from; disembowel:
to eviscerate a chicken.

2.
to deprive of vital or essential parts:
The censors eviscerated the book to make it inoffensive to the leaders of the party.

3.
in surgery, to remove the contents of a body organ.

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evoke

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1.
to call up or produce memories, feelings, etc.:
to evoke a memory.

2.
to elicit or draw forth:
His comment evoked protests from the shocked listeners.

3.
to call up; cause to appear; summon:
to evoke a spirit from the dead.

4.
to produce or suggest through artistry and imagination a vivid impression of reality:
a short passage that manages to evoke the smells, colors, sounds, and shapes of that metropolis.

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ex-officio

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by virtue of office or official position.

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exacerbate

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1.
to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate; make worse.

2.
to embitter the feelings of (a person); irritate; exasperate.

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exacting

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1.
rigid or severe in demands or requirements:
an exacting teacher.

2.
requiring close application or attention:
an exacting task.

3.
given to or characterized by exaction; extortionate.

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exalt

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1.
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate:
He was exalted to the position of president.

2.
to praise; extol:
to exalt someone to the skies.

3.
to stimulate, as the imagination:
The lyrics of Shakespeare exalted the audience.

4.
to intensify, as a color:
complementary colors exalt each other.

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exasperation

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1.
an act or instance of irritating or provoking to a high degree; extreme annoyance; provocation.

2.
the state of being exasperated; a state of irritation:
Her exasperation at being interrupted was understandable.

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excerpt

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1.
a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.

2.
to take or select a passage from a book, film, or the like; extract; abridge by choosing representative sections.

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excise

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1.
to strike or blot out, as a passage or sentence, from a text; to cut out.

2.
to cut out or off, as a tumor.

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excommunicate

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1.
to cut off from communion with a church or exclude from the sacraments of a church by ecclesiastical sentence.

2.
to exclude or expel from membership or participation in any group, association, etc.:
an advertiser excommunicated from a newspaper.

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excoriate

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1.
to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally; censure:
He was excoriated for his mistakes.

2.
to strip off or remove the skin from:
Her palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.

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excrement

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waste matter discharged from the body, especially feces.

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excruciating

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1.
extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing:
an excruciating noise; excruciating pain.

2.
exceedingly elaborate or intense; extreme:
done with excruciating care.

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exculpate

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to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate.

42
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execrable

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1.
utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent.

2.
very bad:
an execrable stage performance.

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exemplary

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1.
worthy of imitation; commendable:
exemplary conduct.

2.
serving as a warning:
an exemplary penalty.

3.
serving as an illustration or specimen; illustrative; typical:
The sentences read are exemplary of the style of the essay as a whole.

4.
serving as an example, model, or pattern.

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exhilarate

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1.
to enliven; invigorate; stimulate:
The cold weather exhilarated the walkers.

2.
to make cheerful or merry; make energetically happy.

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exhort

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1.
to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.

2.
to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings.

46
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exhume

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1.
to dig (something buried, especially a body) out of the earth; disinter.

2.
to revive or restore after neglect or a period of forgetting; bring to light:
to exhume a literary reputation; to exhume old letters.

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exigent

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1.
requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing.

2.
requiring a great deal, or more than is reasonable.

48
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exodus

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1.
a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people:
the summer exodus to the country and shore.

2.
the Exodus, the departure of the Israelites from Egypt under Moses.

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exonerate

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1.
to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate:
He was exonerated from the accusation of cheating.

2.
to relieve, as from an obligation, duty, or task.

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exorbitant

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exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent; highly excessive:
to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury.

51
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exorcise

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1.
to seek to expel an evil spirit by adjuration or religious or solemn ceremonies:
to exorcise a demon.

2.
to free (a person, place, etc.) of evil spirits or malignant influences.
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exotic

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1.
of foreign origin or character; not native; introduced from abroad, but not fully naturalized or acclimatized:
exotic foods; exotic plants.

2.
strikingly unusual or strange in effect or appearance:
an exotic hairstyle.

3.
of a uniquely new or experimental nature:
exotic weapons.

4.
of, relating to, or involving stripteasing:
the exotic clubs where strippers are featured.

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expatriate

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1.
to banish a person from his or her native country; to exile.

2.
to withdraw oneself from residence in or allegiance to one’s native country:
He expatriated from his homeland.

4.
an expatriated person:
Many American writers were living as expatriates in Paris.

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expectorate

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1.
to eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; spit.

2.
to eject or expel matter in this way.

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expedient

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1.
appropriate, desirable, and advantageous; tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances:
It is expedient that you go.

2.
conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right.

3.
a means to an end:
The ladder was a useful expedient for getting to the second floor.
Use any expedients you think necessary to get over the obstacles in your way.

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expedite

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1.
to speed up the progress of; hasten:
to expedite shipments.

2.
to accomplish promptly, as a piece of business; dispatch:
to expedite one’s duties.

3.
to issue or dispatch, as an official document or letter.

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expiate

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to atone for; make amends or reparation for:

to expiate one’s crimes.

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expletive

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1.
an interjectory word or expression, frequently profane; an exclamatory oath.

2.
a syllable, word, or phrase serving to fill out.

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explicate

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1.
to make plain or clear; explain; interpret.

2.
to develop a principle, theory, etc.

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explicit

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1.
fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal:
explicit instructions; an explicit act of violence; explicit language.

2.
clearly developed or formulated:
explicit knowledge; explicit belief.

3.
definite and unreserved in expression; outspoken:
He was quite explicit as to what he expected us to do for him.

4.
described or shown in realistic detail:
explicit sexual scenes.

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exploit

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1.
to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account:
to exploit a business opportunity.

2.
to use selfishly for one’s own ends:
employers who exploit their workers.

3.
to advance or further through exploitation; promote:
He exploited his new movie through a series of guest appearances.

4.
a striking or notable deed; feat; spirited or heroic act:
the exploits of Alexander the Great.

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exponent

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1.
a person or thing that details, explains, or interprets:
an exponent of modern theory in the arts.

2.
a person or thing that is a representative, advocate, type, or symbol of something:
Lincoln is an exponent of American democracy.

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exposé

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a public exposure or revelation, as of something discreditable:
Certain cheap magazines make a fortune out of sensational exposés.

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expound

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1.
to set forth or state in detail:
to expound theories.

2.
to explain; interpret.

3.
to make a detailed statement (often followed by on).

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expunge

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1.
to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate:
We must expunge from our society the myths and half-truths that engender such groundless fears as these.

2.
to efface; wipe out or destroy.

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expurgate

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1.
to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable; censor:
Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms’ fairy tales.

2.
to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.

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extant

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still in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost:

There are only three extant copies of the document.

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extemporaneous

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1.
done, spoken, performed, etc., without special advance preparation; impromptu:
an extemporaneous speech.

2.
previously planned but delivered with the help of few or no notes:
extemporaneous lectures.

3.
speaking or performing with little or no advance preparation:
extemporaneous actors.

4.
made for the occasion, as a shelter.

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extenuate

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1.
to represent a fault or offense as less serious:
I will repent of my failings, and not endeavor to extenuate them.

2.
to serve to make a fault or offense seem less serious, as by showing mitigating circumstances.

3.
to underestimate, underrate, or make light of:
Do not extenuate the difficulties we are in.

4.
to make thin, lean, or emaciated; to reduce the consistency or density of.

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extirpate

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1.
to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate:
Without irreparable injury to ourselves we cannot attempt to eradicate it or extirpate it.

2.
to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up:
to extirpate an unwanted hair.

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extol

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to praise highly; laud; eulogize:

to extol the beauty of Naples.

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extort

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1.
to wrest or wring (money, information, etc.) from a person by violence, intimidation, or abuse of authority; obtain by force, torture, or threat.

2.
to compel something of a person or thing:
Her wit and intelligence extorted their admiration.

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extraneous

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1.
introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign:
extraneous substances in our water.

2.
not pertinent; irrelevant:
an extraneous remark; extraneous decoration.

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extrapolate

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1.
to infer an unknown from something that is known; conjecture; project from known data.

2.
to estimate the value of a variable or function outside the tabulated or observed range.

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extremity

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1.
the extreme or terminal point, limit, or part of something.

2.
the end part of a limb, as a hand or foot:
to experience cold in one’s extremities.

4.
a condition or circumstance of extreme need, distress, etc.:
to suffer the extremities of being poor.

5.
the utmost or any extreme degree:
the extremity of joy.

6.
an extreme or extraordinary measure, act, etc.:
to go to any extremity to feed the children.

7.
extreme nature or character:
the extremity of his views on foreign trade.

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extricate

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1.
to free or release from entanglement; disengage:
to extricate someone from a dangerous situation.

2.
to liberate (gas) from combination, as in a chemical process.
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extrinsic

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1.
not essential or inherent; not a basic part or quality; extraneous:
facts that are extrinsic to the matter under discussion.

2.
being outside a thing; outward or external; operating or coming from without:
extrinsic influences.

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exuberant

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1.
effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant; lively and enthusiastic:
an exuberant welcome for the hero.

2.
abounding in vitality; extremely joyful and vigorous.

3.
extremely good; overflowing; plentiful:
exuberant health.

4.
profuse in growth or production; luxuriant; superabundant:
exuberant vegetation.

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exude

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1.
to come out gradually in drops, as sweat, through pores or small openings; ooze out; emit.

2.
to project or display conspicuously or abundantly; radiate:
to exude cheerfulness.

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exult

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1.
to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant:
They exulted over their victory.

2.
to leap, especially for joy.

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fabricate

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1.
to make by art or skill and labor; construct:
The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.

2.
to devise or invent a legend, lie, etc.

4.
to fake; forge a document, signature, etc.

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façade

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1.
in architecture, the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one.

2.
a superficial appearance or illusion of something:
They managed somehow to maintain a facade of wealth.

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facetious

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1.
not meant to be taken seriously or literally:
a facetious remark.

2.
amusing; humorous.

3.
lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous:
a facetious person.

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facile

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1.
moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality:
facile fingers; a facile mind.

2.
easily done, performed, used, etc.:
a facile victory; a facile method.

3.
easy or unconstrained, as manners or persons.

4.
affable, agreeable, or complaisant; easily influenced:
a facile temperament; facile people.

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facilitate

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1.
to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.):
Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.

2.
to assist the progress of.

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facility

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1.
something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.:
to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.

2.
readiness or ease due to skill, aptitude, or practice; dexterity:
to compose with great facility.

3.
ready compliance:
Her facility in organizing and directing made her an excellent supervisor.

4.
an easy-flowing manner:
facility of style.

5.
the quality of being easily or conveniently done or performed.

6.
freedom from difficulty, controversy, misunderstanding, etc.:
facility of understanding.