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Question | Answer |
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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 |