Lesson 20   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
eulogy
euphemism
evacuate
evaporate
evasive
evoke
evolve
exacerbate
exact
exalt
excavate
excerpt
excise
excursion
exemplary
exemption
exhort
exhume
exonerate
exorcise
exotic
expedite
expel
explicit
exquisite
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      exact 1. admitting of no irregularity; undeviating; extort; screw; gouge
___________________________ 2. deserving to be imitated or followed; commendable; admirable; blameless; pure; guiltless
___________________________ 3. fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal; clean-cut; definitive
___________________________ 4. to give off moisture; disappear; fade
___________________________ 5. a short trip or outing to some place, usually for a special purpose and with the intention of a prompt return; roundabout
___________________________ 6. to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject; belch; irrupt
___________________________ 7. to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate; ennoble; aggrandize; pedestal
___________________________ 8. to dig (something buried, esp. a dead body) out of the earth; disinter; uncharnel; exhumate; unbury
___________________________ 9. a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, esp. a set oration in honor of a deceased person; tribute
___________________________ 10. a tax levied for a license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc; resect; extirpate; cut
___________________________ 11. tending or seeking to evade; characterized by evasion; shuffling; equivocating; shifty
___________________________ 12. to expel (a demon or evil spirit).
___________________________ 13. to increase the painfulness or severity of (illness, suffering, hard feelings, or the like); aggravate; embitter; envenom; acerbate
___________________________ 14. the act of exempting or condition of being exempted; freedom from an obligation, rule, or the like; immunity
___________________________ 15. a short passage taken from a written work, film, or the like.
___________________________ 16. of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry; select; choice; delicate
___________________________ 17. the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt; nice-nellyism
___________________________ 18. to send off, facilitate the progress of, or accomplish with speed and efficiency.
___________________________ 19. to elicit or draw forth; evince
___________________________ 20. to leave empty; vacate.
___________________________ 21. to make hollow by removing the inner part; make a hole or cavity in; form into a hollow, as by digging; shovel; spade; grub
___________________________ 22. to free from blame; absolve; exculpate; vindicate
___________________________ 23. having a foreign origin or character.
___________________________ 24. to develop, achieve, or devise gradually; derive; excogitate; educe
___________________________ 25. to advise, urge, or incite with great seriousness; egg; prod; sic