EX, ES, E~out Flashcards

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efface

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[FAC face] to remove the face of; to wipe out

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ebullient

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[BULL to bubble or boil] bubbling out; overflowing with enthusiasm

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emigrate

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to move out of a country (immigrate, to move into a country)

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emolument

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[MOL to grind] originally a miller’s fee for grinding grain; now, a payment for service rendered

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enervate

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NERV nerve] to take out the nerve; to deprive of nerve, force, vigor; to weaken

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eradicate

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[RADIC root] to tear out by the roots; to destroy

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excavate

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[CAV hollow] to hollow out; to dig out and remove

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excoriate

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[COR skin] to strip the skin off; to denounce harshly

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exonerate

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[ONER burden] to take out of burden; to free from a charge or from guilt

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expatiate

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to digress; to speak or write at length

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expatriate

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[PATRIA native country] one who has left one’s country or renounced allegiance to it

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expurgate

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[PURG to clean] to clean out; to take out obscene or objectionable material

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exterminate

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[TERMINUS boundary] to put things out of boundry; to destroy living things by killing of all individuals

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