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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| exigent | urgent |
| exodus | a going out |
| exonerate | to free from guilt or blame |
| exorcise | to drive out an evil spirit |
| exotic | foreign; strange |
| expatiate | to enlarge upon |
| expatriate | a person who leaves his native country |
| expedient | practical |
| expedite | to make easy; to make faster |
| exemplify | to make an example of |
| expiate | to atone for |
| explicate | make clear |
| expound | to explain |
| expunge | to erase |
| expurgate | to remove |
| extant | still in existence or stand above |
| extemporaneous | done without preparation |
| extenuating | less serious |
| extirpate | to destroy |
| extol | to praise |
| extort | to obtain by force |
| extraneous | not essential |
| extrapolate | to estimate; to infer |
| extricate | to set free; to disentangle |
| extrinsic | external; coming from outside |
| extrovert | an outgoing person |
| exuberant | full of enthusiasm |
| exude | to spread out or to give off |
| exult | to rejoice |
| fabricate | to construct or to lie |
| façade | outward appearance |
| facet | aspect |
| facetious | sarcastic |
| facile | easy |
| facilitate | to make easy |
| facsimile | a duplicate |
| faction | a minority within a larger group |
| factious | causing disagreement |
| factitious | artificial |
| faculty | ability or skill |
| fallacious | misleading; false; untrue |
| fallible | capable of error |
| fallow | inactive |
| falter | to stumble |
| fanatic | a person with uncontrolled devotion |
| fanciful | imaginative |
| farcical | absurd |
| fastidious | hard to please |
| fatalistic | believing that all things in life are inevitable |
| fathom | nautical measure; to understand |
| fatuous | foolish |
| fauna | animals of a certain area |
| fawn | excessively flattering manner |
| faze | to disturb |
| fealty | loyalty; devotion |
| feasible | capable of being achieved |
| feat | accomplishment |
| fecundity | fertile; productive |
| feign | to pretend |
| feint | a false show or a pretended act |
| felicity | happiness |
| feline | pertaining to cats |
| fell | to knock down; cruel |
| felonious | harmful |
| ferment | a state of agitation |
| ferret | to search or drive out |
| fervent | eager |
| fervid | very emotional |
| fester | to rot |
| festive | joyous |
| fete | to entertain |
| fetid | foul-smelling |
| fetish | object that receives respect |
| fetter | to confine |
| fiasco | a total disaster |
| fiat | an official order |
| fickle | changeable or unfaithful |
| fictitious | false |
| fidelity | faithfulness |
| figment | something imagined |
| filch | to steal |
| filial | like a son or daughter |
| finesse | tact |
| finite | limited |
| firebrand | one who stirs up trouble |
| firmament | strength of pertaining to the heavens |
| fiscal | pertaining to finances |
| fissure | opening or split |
| fitful | irregular |