Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book B Lessons 3 & 4

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  1. excerpt
    a passage selected from a larger work
  2. compound
    a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
  3. exhilarate
    fill with sublime emotion
  4. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  5. exorbitant
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  6. exposition
    a collection of things for public display
  7. expound
    add details to clarify an idea
  8. impose
    charge and collect payment
  9. impostor
    a person who makes deceitful pretenses
  10. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  11. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
  12. extraterrestrial
    originating, located, or occurring outside Earth
  13. extrovert
    a person directed toward others as opposed to the self
  14. mediate
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  15. mediocrity
    ordinariness as a consequence of being average
  16. medium
    someone who communicates between the living and the dead
  17. non sequitur
    a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it
  18. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  19. subsequent
    following in time or order
  20. sequester
    keep away from others
Created on Fri Oct 05 12:40:59 EDT 2012 (updated Fri Oct 05 20:10:14 EDT 2012)

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