Unit 30 Flashcards
Exacerbate
(v) to aggravate; make worse
e. g. The exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem.
Exact
(v) to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority
- Exacting (adj): extremely demanding
e.g. The conquering rulers exacted a tax of 10% from every adult male in the country.
Exculpate
(v) to clear of blame; vindicate
e. g. The report exculpated the FBI of any wrongdoing in its handling of the investigation.
Execrable
(adj) detestable; abhorrent
e. g. When folk artists like Bob Dylan started to use rock instruments, many folk music traditionalists considered it an execrable travesty.
Abhorrent
(adj) inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant
e. g. Racism was abhorrent to us all.
Detestable
(adj) deserving intense dislike
e. g. I found the film’s violence detestable.
Travesty
(n) a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something
e. g. The absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice.
Exhort
(v) to urge by strong appeals
e. g. I exhorted her to be a good child.
Exigency
(n) crisis; urgent requirements
e. g. Astronauts must be prepared for exigencies such as damage to their spacecraft’s life support system.
Existential
(adj) having to do with existence; based on experience; having to do with the philosophy of existentialism
e. g.
Exorcise
(v) to expel evil spirits; free from bad influences
e. g. A modern parallel to shaman is the psychiatrist, who helps the patient exorcise personal demons and guides him toward mental wholeness.
Expatiate
(v) to speak or write at length
e. g. Every year the book club invites a famous author to come to expatiate on the art of writing.
Expatriate
(v) to send into exile
(n) a person living outside his or her own land
e.g. People seeking asylum in another country are sometimes expatriated.
