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excrow
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money deposited with a third preson pending fulfillment of condition
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esoteric
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for a select few, not generally knwon
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espionage
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spying
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He'd have liked to have slipped away secret, but we was keeping him under espionage too crisp for that, so he has to tell us.
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espouse
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to support (a cause)
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He should espouse Elizabeth her daughter.
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essay
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to try, to attempt
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estival
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pertaining to summer
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euphonious
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having a pleasant sound, harmonious
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eexcise
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tax on liquor, tobbaco OR to cut off.out
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The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and peremptory spirit of excise laws.
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excoriate
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to scrape the skin off, to criticise sharply
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Go to page Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne
Every blow that shakes it will serve to harden it against a future stroke; as constant labour thickens the skin of the hand, and strengthens its muscles instead of wasting them away: so that a day of arduous toil, that might excoriate a lady's palm, would make no sensible impression on that of a hardy ploughman. |
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exculpate
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to free from blame, vindicate
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This is the matter, gentlemen; answer and exculpate yourselves, for I stand here to accuse you.
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escrow
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money deposited with a third preson pending fulfillment of condition
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esoteric
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for a select few, not generally knwon
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espionage
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spying
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He'd have liked to have slipped away secret, but we was keeping him under espionage too crisp for that, so he has to tell us.
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espouse
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to support (a cause)
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He should espouse Elizabeth her daughter.
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essay
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to try, to attempt
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estival
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pertaining to summer
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euphonious
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having a pleasant sound, harmonious
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eexcise
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tax on liquor, tobbaco OR to cut off.out
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The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and peremptory spirit of excise laws.
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excoriate
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to scrape the skin off, to criticise sharply
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Go to page Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne
Every blow that shakes it will serve to harden it against a future stroke; as constant labour thickens the skin of the hand, and strengthens its muscles instead of wasting them away: so that a day of arduous toil, that might excoriate a lady's palm, would make no sensible impression on that of a hardy ploughman. |
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exculpate
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to free from blame, vindicate
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This is the matter, gentlemen; answer and exculpate yourselves, for I stand here to accuse you.
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execrate
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to curse
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He did not execrate monsieur le prince, it is true, but he obeyed the king.
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exigent
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urgent, critical
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These eyes, like lamps whose wasting oil is spent,
Wax dim, as drawing to their exigent; |
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exiguous
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scanty, small in quantity
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Of course I have other reasons for thinking so--dozens of exiguous threads which lead vaguely up towards the centre of the web where the poisonous, motionless creature is lurking.
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expatiate
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to enlarge upon, to speak or write at length
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From his mighty bulk the whale affords a most congenial theme whereon to enlarge, amplify, and generally expatiate
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expatriate
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a person banished from or who leaves his native country
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expiate
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to atone for
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But, in order to expiate the sin of avarice, which was my undoing, I oblige each passer-by to give me a blow.
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expound
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to explain, interpret
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Expound unto me, boy.
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expunge
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to erase
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Harrison was right, and she forced herself to expunge most of her beloved descriptions, though it took three re-writings before the story could be pruned down to please the fastidious Mr.
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expurgate
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to remove offensive passages, cleanse,
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not understand, nor did the expurgated translations offered to him at all convey the point.
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extenuating
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less serious
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"I shall bring that forward as an extenuating circumstance," replied Eugenie.
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