v. explode; burst out; become violently active
E.g. The crowds that amassed outside Sonia Gandhi's home in Delhi prepared to erupt into cheers of 'bring back Sonia Gandhi'.
v. rise; increase in extent or intensity
E.g. The Allies are planning to escalate the bombing.
n. stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
E.g. Occasionally when you come up the stair or escalator of station you're also met by a ticket inspector.
n. a set of principles of right conduct; theory or a system of moral values
E.g. Do these clowns want us to emulate the Japanese "work until you die" ethic?
v. get away from by artifice; escape by dexterity; avoid giving a direct answer to
E.g. The truth that men evade there is that this small planet cannot survive a nuclear exchange.
v. vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
E.g. This allows the layers to fully adhere to each other and excess moisture to evaporate from the soap.
a. ultimate; occurring at an unspecified time in the future
E.g. One of Mr. Barak's legacies is that more Israelis now know that an eventual peace agreement with the Palestinians will have to involve a deal on Jerusalem.
v. put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust
E.g. They will have to forcibly evict from the hospital.
a. easily seen or understood; obvious; apparent; clear
E.g. He was lying on his left side at the time, and in evident pain.
v. bring out; arouse; call forth
E.g. You can use highly descriptive and persuasive sentences to evoke a positive response from your reader.
v. increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
E.g. The latest bombing would exacerbate England's already existing bitterness against the IRA, causing the prime minister to break off the peace talks abruptly.
v. make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly
E.g. Johnny brothers often exasperate their mother with pranks.
v. unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
E.g. The mining company wants to excavate the hill site.
v. go beyond; be or do something to a greater degree
E.g. This will exceed all my expectations.
v. be superior; distinguish oneself
E.g. She should excel in math.
n. passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition
E.g. To celebrate the milestone, I've posted a 2,000-word excerpt from the opening of the book.
v. cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion
E.g. "Watson! Behind you!" Holmes tried to exclaim, seeing the assassin hurl himself on his friend.
v. leave out of; keep out of; reject
E.g. A decision to exclude a third of the countries on that initial list would be controversial, as debt cancellation is a key element to alleviate global poverty.
n. waste material, especially fecal matter that is expelled from body after digestion; matter excreted and ejected
E.g. The machine, which simulates the human digestive process, creates excrement which is apparently indistinguishable from the real thing.
n. trip; usually short journey made for pleasure
E.g. It was devoted by the party to an excursion to some site in the neighborhood.
v. serve as an example of; embody
E.g. For a generation of ballet goers, Rudolf Nureyev might exemplify the ideal of masculine grace.
a. not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
E.g. Because of his flat feet, Foster was exempt from serving in the armed forces.
v. cause; apply; exercise
E.g. I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you.
v. cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; fill with emotion
E.g. If this is true, that wine and strong drink have such virtue to expel fear and sorrow, and to exhilarate the mind, let's drink and be merry.
v. urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make urgent appeal
E.g. He was using the phrase to exhort his compatriots to prepare for war, to engage in the struggle for freedom.
a. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
E.g. Worker mobility also appears to be constrained by rapid urbanization which has resulted in exorbitant urban housing prices and rents.
a. suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
E.g. A pragmatic politician, he was guided by what was expedient rather than by what was ethical.
v. oust; discharge; force or drive out
E.g. He is not planning to expel foreign companies as he needs their expertise and technology to extract and upgrade Venezuela's heavy crude oil.
v. lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; spend
E.g. The soldiers expend all their ammunition in that fight.
n. payment or expense; output
E.g. When you are operating on an expense account, you must keep each receipt of expenditure.
v. come to an end; terminate; lose validity; breathe one's last breath; die
E.g. Doctors said two people who were wounded seriously in accident would expire in the way to hospital.
a. precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
E.g. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied: be explicit about what's bugging you.
v. sell or transfer abroad
E.g. They impose limits on how much developing nations can export to rich countries.
n. exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information; opening section of a fugue
E.g. We would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background.
n. expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association
E.g. After his expulsion from the cabinet the minister became the subject of a smear campaign.
v. eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
E.g. Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe.
v. quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
E.g. Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.
v. obtain from another by coercion; get money by threats
E.g. The Fed should control price stability alone, and should not be allowed to extort from the general economy by printing money.
a. high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
E.g. An exuberant player with attractive tones on both tenor and alto, Red Holloway is also a humorous blues singer.
v. build; put together out of components or parts
E.g. If we fabricate the buildings in this project out of standardized sections, we can reduce construction costs considerably.