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Exacting:
MEANING: Extremely demanding
SENTENCE: The author’s requirements were exacting, the editor would
need weeks to do the work.
Exculpate:
MEANING: Show someone is free from blame
SENTENCE: I will present evidence of innocence and honesty in his 10
years of service for this country that will exculpate my client from such
groundless charges.
Exigency:
MEANING: Urgent requirement or need
SENTENCE: Political decisions are presented as a matter of exigency, as
though there were no other choice.

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Exonerate:
MEANING: Officially absolve from blame; release from
obligation or duty
SENTENCE: In order to work in the USA, one requires proof of exoneration
from any criminal act.
Extraneous:
MEANING: Irrelevant; of external origin
SENTENCE: We create bubbles of information, silos of opinion, and we tune
out all that is extraneous or disagreeable.
Extrapolation:
MEANING: The action of estimating by extension of current
trends, or applying current methods
SENTENCE: I extrapolate that getting home will take 20 minutes as it took
20 minutes to get there.

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Facetious
: MEANING: Inappropriately funny, flippant
SENTENCE: Facetious remarks about a classmate are inappropriate at the
serious moment when you got an excellent score in the exam, but your
classmate got a very poor score.
Facile
: MEANING: Superficial, simplistic; easily achieved
SENTENCE: His essay contained many facile generalizations.
Facilitate:
MEANING: Make an action or process easier.
SENTENCE: Businesses were located in the same area to facilitate the
residents’ visiting and shopping.