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What does the word 'exterminate' mean?
What does the word 'exterminate' mean?
- To make by hollowing or digging out
- To kill or destroy completely (correct)
- To pull something out using force
- To declare someone is not guilty
What does the word 'extract' mean?
What does the word 'extract' mean?
- To declare someone is not guilty
- To snuff out or quench
- To pull something out, often using force (correct)
- To breathe out
What does the word 'exonerate' mean?
What does the word 'exonerate' mean?
- To keep something out
- To breathe out
- To declare someone is not guilty (correct)
- To snuff out
What does the word 'extrude' mean?
What does the word 'extrude' mean?
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What does the word 'excavate' mean?
What does the word 'excavate' mean?
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What does the word 'excerpt' mean?
What does the word 'excerpt' mean?
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What does the word 'exclude' mean?
What does the word 'exclude' mean?
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What does the word 'extinguish' mean?
What does the word 'extinguish' mean?
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What does the word 'expire' mean?
What does the word 'expire' mean?
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What does the word 'exception' mean?
What does the word 'exception' mean?
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Study Notes
Prefix 'ex-' and Related Words
- Exterminate: Means to completely kill or eradicate something or someone.
- Extract: Involves pulling something out, often requiring force or effort.
- Exonerate: Refers to declaring someone free from guilt or blame, effectively absolving them.
- Extrude: Describes the process of forcing or squeezing something out, often through a specific shape.
- Excavate: Involves hollowing out or digging, typically used in contexts like archaeology or construction.
- Excerpt: Refers to a specific passage or segment taken from a larger text or book.
- Exclude: Means to keep individuals or items from entering a place, effectively barring them or banishing them.
- Extinguish: Refers to the act of quenching or putting out, typically used in relation to fire or light.
- Expire: Pertains to the act of breathing out; can also refer to something reaching its end or termination.
- Exception: Indicates the act of leaving something or someone out from a general rule or category.
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