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Various

"The Illustrated London Reading Book"

_ the act of exhibiting; display
EXHI'LARATE, _v.a._ make cheerful; cheer; enliven
EXI'STENCE, _s._ state of being
EXPA'ND, _v.a._ to spread; to extend on all sides
EXPA'NSE, _s._ a body widely extended without inequalities
EXPE'DIENT, _s._ that which helps forward as means to an end
EXPEDI'TION, _s._ an excursion
EXPE'L, _v.a._ drive away; banish; eject
EXPE'RIENCE, _s._ knowledge gained by practice
EXPE'RIENCED, _a._ wise by long practice
EXPE'RIMENT, _s._ a trial of anything
EXPI'RE, _v.a._ breathe out; close; bring to an end
EXPLO'SION, _s._ an outburst; a sudden crash
EXPO'RT, _v.a._ carry out of a country
EXPO'SE, _v.a._ lay open; make bare; put in danger
EXPRE'SSION, _s._ the form of language in which any thoughts are
uttered; the act of squeezing out anything
E'XQUISITE, _a._ excellent; consummate; complete
EXTE'MPORE, _ad._ without premeditation; suddenly
EXTE'ND, _v.a._ stretch out; diffuse; impart
EXTE'NSIVE, _a._ large; wide; comprehensive
EXTE'RIOR, _a._ outward; external
EXTE'RNAL, _a._ outward
EXTI'NGUISH, _v.a._ put out; destroy; obscure
EXTI'RPATE, _v.a._ root out; eradicate
E'XTRACT, _s._ the chief parts drawn from anything
EXTRAO'RDINARY, _a.


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