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  1. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  2. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  3. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  4. euphonious
    having a pleasant sound
  5. euphoria
    a feeling of great elation
  6. evasive
    avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger
  7. evince
    give expression to
  8. evocative
    serving to bring to mind
  9. ewe
    female sheep
  10. exacerbate
    make worse
  11. exalt
    praise, glorify, or honor
  12. excerpt
    a passage selected from a larger work
  13. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  14. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  15. exegesis
    an explanation or critical interpretation
  16. exemplary
    worthy of imitation
  17. exempt
    freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability
  18. exhume
    dig up for reburial or for medical investigation
  19. exodus
    a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
  20. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  21. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  22. exorcise
    expel through adjuration or prayers
  23. expatriate
    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  24. expedite
    process fast and efficiently
  25. expiate
    make amends for
  26. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  27. expository
    serving to expound or set forth
  28. expropriate
    deprive of possessions
  29. expunge
    remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
  30. extenuate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or degree of
  31. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
  32. extricate
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  33. exuberance
    joyful enthusiasm
  34. fabricate
    put together out of artificial or natural components
  35. facade
    the front of a building
  36. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  37. facsimile
    an exact copy or reproduction
  38. faculty
    an inherent cognitive or perceptual power of the mind
  39. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  40. fallow
    left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
  41. extant
    still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
Created on Fri Feb 14 21:37:16 EST 2014 (updated Tue Sep 16 08:24:44 EDT 2014)

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