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 exorbitant | greater than reasonable |
| exorcise | to expel evil spirits |
| expatriate | one who lives out of ones native land |
| expedient | efficient |
| expiate | to atone for, make amends for |
| explicable | capable of being explained |
| explode | debunk, disprove; blow up, burst |
| exponent | one who champions or advocates |
| expound | to elaborate; to expand or increase |
| expunge | erase, eliminate completely |
| expurgate | to sensor |
| extemporaneous | unrehearsed, on the spur of the moment |
| extenuate | to lessen the seriousness |
| extol | to praise |
| extort | to obtain something by threat |
| extraneous | irrelevant, unrelated |
| extricate | free from, dis entangle; free |
| extrinsic | not inherent or essential, coming from without |
| exuberant | lively, happy, full of good spirits |
| exude | to give off, ooze |
| exult | to rejoice |
| facade | a face,front; a mask, superficial appearance |
| facile | very easy |
| fallacious | wrong, unsound, illogical |
| fallow | uncultivated, unused |
| farcical | absurd, ludicrous |
| fastidious | careful with details |
| fathom | to measure the depth of, gauge |
| fatuous | stupid, foolishly self satisfied |
| fawn | to flatter excessively, seek favor of |
| feckless | inaffected, careless, irresponsible |
| fecund | fertile, fruitful, productive |
| feign | to pretend, give false impression; to invent falsely |
| felicitous | suitable, appropriate; well spoken |
| fell | to chop or cut down |
| fervid | passionate, intense, zealous |
| fetid | foul smelling, putrid |
| fetter | to bind, chain, confine |
| fictive | fiction |