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35 Cards in this Set
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excruciating
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unbearbly painful
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exculpate
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to free from blame; to vindicate
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execrate
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to curse
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exemplary
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worthy of imitation
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exhilaration
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liveliness; high spirits
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exhort
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to warn
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exhume
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to bring out of the earth; to reveal
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exigent
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urgent; critical
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exiguous
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scanty; small in quantity
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exodus
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a departure; a going out
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exonerate
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to free from guilt or blame
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exorbitant
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excessive; unreasonable
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exorcise
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to drive out an evil spirit
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exotic
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foreign; excitingly strange
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expatiate
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to enlarge upon; to speak or write at length
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expatriate
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a person who is banished from, or leaves, his native country
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expectorate
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to spit out
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expedient
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practical; advantageoius
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expediate
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to speed up; to make easy
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expendable
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replaceable
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expiate
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to atone for
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explicate
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explain in detail; to make clear
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explicit
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clear; unambiguous; direct
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exploit
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to use for one's own advantage
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expound
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to explain; to interpret
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expressly
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especially; particularly
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expunge
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to erase
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expurgate
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to remove offensive passages; to cleanse
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extant
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still in existence
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extemporaneous
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offhand; done without preparation
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extenuating
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less serious
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extinct
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no longer in existence
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extirpate
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to destroy; to remove completely
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extol
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to praise
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extort
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to obtain by force
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