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exigency

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n. an emergency; an urgency

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existential

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adj. having to do with existence

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exonerate

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v. to free completely from blame; to exculpate

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expatriate

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v. to throw (someone) out of his or her native; to

emigrate

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expedient

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adj. providing an immediate advantage; serving ones immediate self interest; practical

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expedite

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v. to speed up or ease the progress of

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explicit

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adj. clearly and directly expressed

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extol

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v. to praise highly to laud

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extraneous

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adj. unnecessary; irrelevant; extra

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extrapolate

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v. to project or deduce from something known; to infer

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extricate

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v. to free from difficulty

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extrovert

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n. an open, outgoing person; a person hose attention is focused of others rather than on himself or herself

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exult

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v. to rejoice; to celebrate

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