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excitable, a. susceptible, sensitive, emotional, impressible, mobile; irritable, choleric, pa.s.sionate, irascible, fiery, waspish. Antonyms: unexcitable, imperturbable, calm.
excite, v. stimulate, arouse, inflame, incite, provoke; perturb, agitate, disconcert, discompose, distract, unsettle.
excited, a. perturbed, agitated, disconcerted. Antonyms: calm, serene, tranquil, nonchalant.
excitement, n. perturbation, agitation, commotion, furore, inquietude, sensation, tumult, turmoil, flurry, ebullition; incitement, stimulus; arousing, awakening. Antonyms: imperturbation, calmness, serenity, non-chalance.
exciting, a. stirring, rousing, stimulating, sensational.
exclaim, v. e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.e, shout, vociferate.
exclamation, n. e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n, vociferation, outcry; interjection, ecphonesis.
exclamation point. ecphoneme.
exclude, v. debar, preclude; except, omit; eject, expel.
exclusion, n. debarment, preclusion; exception, omission; ejection, expulsion.
excrement, n. faeces, stools, dejections; dung, ordure. a.s.sociated words: scatology, eccrinology, faecal, excrement.i.tious, void, defecate, defecation.
excusable, a. venial, pardonable, justifiable. Antonyms: See inexcusable.
excuse, v. absolve, forgive, pardon, exonerate, palliate, justify, extenuate, acquit, exculpate, release.
excuse, n. justification, apology, plea, exoneration, palliation, extenuation, pardon; subterfuge, evasion, pretext, makes.h.i.+ft.
execute, v. effectuate, perform, accomplish, consummate, achieve; electrocute, behead, guillotine, hang.
execution, n. performance, effectuation, consummation, perpetration, accomplishment.
executioner, n. hangman.
exercise, n. performance, application, practice, employment, use; activity; training, discipline, drilling; drill, praxis, lesson, task; gymnastics, calisthenics; gestation.
exercise, v. employ, apply, busy, exert; practice, discipline, drill, train; distress, worry, hara.s.s.
exertion, n. effort, struggle, attempt.
exhaust, v. drain, deplete; debilitate, prostrate, enervate.
exhausted, a. depleted, drained, consumed, spent, effete.
exhaustion, n. consumption, depletion, draining, dissipation, la.s.situde, collapse, inanition, weariness, prostration.
exhaustless, a. inexhaustible.
exhibit, v. display, show.
exhibition, n. display, show.
exhumation, n. disinterment, disentombment.
exhume, v. disinter, disentomb.
exile, n. banishment, proscription, expatriation.
exile, v. banish, expatriate.
exiled person. exile, expatriate.
exorbitant, a. unreasonable, inordinate, excessive, fabulous.
expand, v. dilate, distend, enlarge.
expansion, n. dilation, distension, enlargement.
expatiate, v. descant.
expect, v. antic.i.p.ate.
expectation, n. expectancy, antic.i.p.ation.
expel, v. eject, drive out; ostracize, banish, proscribe, exile; excommunicate; discharge, void, eject, evacuate; exclude, remove, dismiss.
expelling, n. expulsion, ejectment, dismissal; banishment, exile, ostracism, proscription.--a. expulsive.
expend, v. disburse.
expenditure, n. disburs.e.m.e.nt.
expense, n. outlay, cost, charge, expenditure.
expensive, a. costly, dear, high-priced. Antonym: inexpensive.
experienced, a. practiced, veteran. Antonym: inexperienced.
experiment, n. test, trial. a.s.sociated Words: empiric, empirical, empiricism, empiristic, tentation.
experimental, a. empirical, tentative.
expert, a. skilled, proficient, _an fait_, adroit. Antonyms: See inexpert.
expert, n. adept, master, dabster, connoisseur, masterhand. Antonyms: tyro, bungler.
explain, v. expound, elucidate, unfold, interpret.
explainable, a. explicable, interpretable, solvable. Antonyms: See unexplainable.
