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16 Cards in this Set
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Expatiate
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to speak or talk at length
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facetious
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Joking, (often inappropriately
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facile
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a)done or achieved with little ffort
b)expressing yourself easily, fluently, efefctively |
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excoriation
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severe cesure
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feint
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trick, A feigned attack designed to draw defensive action away from an intended target.
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Expurgate
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clean; remove offensive parts of a book, edit
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expiate
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make ammends for (a sin)
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fatuous
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foolish, inane
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expedient
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suitable, practical, not necessarily a principled or ethical one
serving to promte your interest |
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feckless
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1.Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
2.Careless and irresponsible |
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extirpate
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1.To pull up by the roots.
2.To destroy totally; exterminate. 3.To remove by surgery. |
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expostulate
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To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate
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extort
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obtain by coercion ot intimidation (extortion)
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excoriate
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1. To censure strongly
2. To tear or wear off the skin, abrade , chafe |
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extralegal
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Not permitted or governed by law
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felicitous
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apt, suitably expressed, well chosen
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