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TOEFL Word list 22-23
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| EPITHET: | A phrase that describes a quality (good or bad) |
| EQUANIMITY | (adj.: EQUABLE): Evenness of temper or mind |
| ERR: | To be mistaken or go astray |
| ERRATIC: | Irresponsible, eccentric; lacking a fixed purpose erratic behavior, |
| ERUDITE: | Learned - an erudite person, |
| ESOTERIC: | Understood by only a select few, discussed only by scholars. |
| EXCEPTIONABLE: | Objectionable - exceptionable behavior, universally criticized. |
| EXCULPATE: | To free from blame - exculpated by a jury. |
| EXEMPLARY: | Serving as a model; commendable - exemplary conduct approved by all. |
| EXODUS: | Departure, emigration - the pathetic exodus of refugees from their homeland. |
| EXOTIC: | Strange and foreign - an exotic costume imported from Asia. |
| EXPATIATE: | To speak or write at great length |
| EXPATRIATE: | To banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country |
| EXPEDIENT (adj.): | Convenient in helping to attain some purpose |
| EXPLOIT (verb): | To use for one's selfish purpose |
| EXPOUND (noun: EXPOSITION): | To set forth in detail; to explain |
| EXPURGATE: | To purify (usually a piece of writing) of offensive material |
| EXTEMPORANEOUS: | Done or spoken on the spur of the moment or without preparation |
| EXTINCT: | No longer existing or active, alive only in history. |
| EXTIRPATE: | To root out, destroy totally - extirpated the cause of trouble. |
| EXTRANEOUS: | Not essential; foreign; irrelevant |
| EXULTATION: | Great rejoicing - received the good news with exultation. |
| FACADE: | Front or face, especially of a building - a facade of marble. |
| FACETIOUS: | Given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun |