Lesson 131,132,133 Prefix: Ex-

Question 1

Extant

Answer 1

(adj.) still in existence (not used to refer to living things)

Question 2

Exquisite

Answer 2

(adj.) very beautiful but typically delicate

Question 3

Excommunicate

Answer 3

(v.) to banish or no longer allow a person to be part of a group

Question 4

Exert

Answer 4

(v.) to put forth an effort

Question 5

Exempt

Answer 5

(adj.) not having to fulfill a specific obligation

Question 6

Exact

Answer 6

(v.) to demand payment

Question 7

Excruciating

Answer 7

(adj.) extremely painful

Question 8

Exemplar

Answer 8

(n.) a perfect model or example of something

Question 9

Exhume

Answer 9

(v.) to dig up out of the ground

Question 10

Exorcise

Answer 10

(v.) to remove or purge something undesirable

Question 11

Expatriate

Answer 11

(v.) to move to a different country and settle there

Question 12

Expedient

Answer 12

(adj.) convenient but not necessarily ethical

Question 13

Expeditious

Answer 13

(adj.) acting with prompt efficiency

Question 14

Expend

Answer 14

(v.) to exert or use up, as energy

Question 15

Explicate

Answer 15

(v.) to explain at length

Question 16

Exploit

Answer 16

(v.) to use, often in the sense of to take advantage of

Question 17

Expose

Answer 17

(n.) a pieces of usually sensational journalism that uncovers corruption and scandal

Question 18

Extemporaneous

Answer 18

(adj.) done with no preparationEx

Question 19

postulate

Answer 19

(v.) to reason with, to plead

Question 20

Extort

Answer 20

(v.) to take money from by use of threats

Question 21

Extradite

Answer 21

(v.) to bring a criminal back to the country to on trial

Question 22

Expository

Answer 22

(adj.) relating to the act of explaining

Question 23

Exult

Answer 23

(v.) to express great joy

Question 24

Extricate

Answer 24

(v.) to remove from a difficult situation