One Word Substitution-Starting with 'E'
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1.
Give or assign a resource to a particular
person or cause;
A distinctive characteristic or attribute |
Earmark
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2.
Habit of secretly listening to private
conversation
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Eavesdropping
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3.
A person with an unusual or odd personality;
A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) |
Eccentric
(or Geek or Oddball)
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4.
Of or relating to a disease that originates
outside the locality in which it occurs
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Ecdemic
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5.
Selecting what seems best of various styles or
ideas
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Eclectic
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6.
The system of production and distribution and
consumption
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Economy
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7.
A state of being carried away by
overwhelming emotion
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Ecstasy
(or Exaltation or Raptus)
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8.
Inflammatory conditions of the skin
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Eczema
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9.
Any substance that can be used as food
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Edible
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10.
To remove completely from recognition or
memory
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Efface
(or Obliterate)
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11.
Having unsuitable feminine qualities
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Effeminate
(or Emasculate or Epicene)
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12.
A person or a group marked by excessive
self-indulgence and moral decay
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Effete
(or Decadent)
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13.
Capacity or power to produce a desired effect
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Efficacy
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14.
A self-centred person with little regard for
others;
One who looks at everything from a personal point of view |
Egocentric
or Egoist
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15.
Enthusiastic and assured vigour and liveliness;
A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favour of a person or cause) |
Elan
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16.
An imaginary place of great wealth and
oppurtunity
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El
Dorado
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17.
A song or hymn of mourning composed or
performed as a memorial to a dead person
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Elegy
(or Lament)
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18.
The art of effective speaking
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Elocution
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19.
A place or condition of ideal happiness
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Elysium
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20.
Freeing someone from the control of another
person or from legal or political restrictions
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Emancipation
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21.
The act of passengers and crew getting aboard
a ship or aircraft
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Embarkment
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22.
A hot fragment of wood or coal that is left
from a fire and is glowing or smouldering
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Ember
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23.
A concrete representation of an otherwise
nebulous concept;
A new personification of a familiar idea |
Embodiment
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24.
Someone sent on a mission to represent
the interests of someone else
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Emissary
(or Envoy)
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25.
Understanding and entering into another's
feelings
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Empathy
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26.
A large retail store organized into
departments offering a variety of merchandise
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Emporium
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27.
Strive to equal or match, especially by
imitating
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Emulate
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28.
To limit or hold back someone or something
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Encumber
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29.
A charge against property (as a lien or
mortgage);
An onerous or difficult concern |
Encumbrance
(or Incumbrance)
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30.
A book giving information, in alphabetical
order, on every branch of knowledge
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Encyclopaedia
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31.
Native to or confined to a certain region;
Originating where it is found |
Endemic
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32.
Marriage within one's own tribe or group
as required by custom or law
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Endogamy
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33.
Something that baffles understanding and
cannot be explained
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Enigma
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34.
The feeling of being bored by something
tedious
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Ennui
(or Boredom or Tedium)
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35.
Provoke someone to do something through (often
false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
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Entice
(or Tempt or Lure)
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36.
Earnest or urgent request
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Entreaty
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37.
Study of insects
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Entomology
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38.
Internal organs collectively
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Entrails
(or Innards or Viscera)
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39.
To say (a word, phrase or syllable) in a
certain way
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Enunciate
(or Articulate or Enounce or Pronounce)
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40.
Something causing envy
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Enviable
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41.
A brief stanza concluding certain forms of
poetry
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Envoy
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42.
A long narrative poem telling of a hero’s
deeds
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Epic
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43.
A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment
(especially good food and drink)
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Epicure,
Epicurean (or Bon-Vivant or Gastronome or Gourmet)
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44.
A widespread outbreak of an
infectious disease in which many people are infected at the same time
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Epidemic
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45.
A quotation at the beginning of some piece of
writing:
An engraved inscription |
Epigraph
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46.
A short passage added at the end of a
literary work
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Epilogue
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47.
A verse in the form of a letter
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Epistle
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48.
An inscription on a tomb
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Epitaph
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49.
A defamatory or abusive word or phrase
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Epithet
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50.
A standard, typical or perfect example or a
brief abstract
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Epitome
(or Paradigm or Prototype)
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51.
A period marked by distinctive character or
reckoned from a fixed point or event
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Epoch
(or Era)
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52.
Highly significant or important especially
bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era
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Epoch-making
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53.
A man skilled in equitation
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Equestrian
(or Horseman)
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54.
The sport of sitting on the back of a horse
while controlling its movements
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Equitation
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55.
A statement that is not literally false but
that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth;
Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language |
Equivocation
(or Prevarication or Tergiversation)
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56.
A person who does not want to see the
realities of life and tries to escape into a world of fantasy
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Escapist
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57.
The systematic use of spies to get military or
political secrets
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Espionage
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58.
The wide part of a river where it nears the
sea
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Estuary
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59.
A system of principles governing morality and
acceptable conduct
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Ethic
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60.
Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of
the ways of living built up by a group of people
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Ethnic
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61.
Study of human races, their origins and
distribution and distinctive characteristics
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Ethnology
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62.
The study of music of different cultures
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Ethnomusicology
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63.
People of the same race or nationality who
share a distinctive culture
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Ethnos
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The branch of anthropology that provides
scientific description of individual human societies
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Ethography
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The branch of zoology that studies the
behaviour of animals in their natural habitats
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Ethology
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The distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
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Ethos
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67.
Rules governing socially acceptable behaviour
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Etiquette
(or Prescript)
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68.
The study of the sources and development of
words
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Etymology
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69.
The science of bringing about an improved type
of offsprings of the human species
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Eugenics
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70.
A formal expression of praise (like for
someone who has died recently)
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Eulogy
(or Encomium or Panegyric or Paean or Laudation)
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To take away a vital or essential part of
something
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Eviscerate
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72.
To make very annoyed or frustrated;
To make worse |
Exasperate
(or Exacerbate or Aggravate)
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73.
Express strong disapproval of something
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Excoriate
(or Objurgate or Reprobate or Decry)
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74.
A journey taken for pleasure
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Excursion
(or Expedition or Jaunt or Junket)
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75.
Tending to depart from the main point or cover
a wide range of subjects
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Excursive
(or Digressive or Discursive or Rambling)
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76.
A payment not legally binding but for which
some moral obligation is felt
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Ex-gratia
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77.
Extravagant and conspicuous behaviour intended
to attract attention to yourself
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Exhibitionism
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The philosophy of life that reality as
existence can be lived, but cannot become the object of thought
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Existentialism
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By virtue of an office or position
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Ex-officio
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80.
To pronounce not guilty of criminal
charges
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Exonerate
(or Acquit or Exculpate)
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81.
Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or
moderation
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Exorbitant
(or Extortionate or Usurious or Unconscionable or Outrageous)
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82.
A person who is voluntarily absent from home
or country
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Expat
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83.
Move away from one's native country and adopt
a new residence abroad
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Expatriate
(or Emigrate or Transmigrate)
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84.
Taking advantage of opportunities without
regard for the consequences for others;
The quality of being appropriate to a purpose |
Expedience
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85.
An organized group of people undertaking a
journey for a particular purpose;
The property of being prompt and efficient |
Expedition
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Marked by speed and efficiency
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Expeditious
(or Efficient)
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87.
Something that is precisely and clearly communicated
or readily observable, leaving nothing to implication
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Explicit
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88.
A person who pleads for a cause or propounds
an idea
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Exponent
(or Advocator or Proponent)
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89.
A collection of things (goods or
works of art etc.) for public display
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Expo
(or Exhibition or Exposition)
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90.
An account that sets forth the meaning or
intent of a writing or discourse
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Exposition
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The act of expressing earnest opposition or
protest
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Expostulation
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92.
To remove by erasing or crossing out or
as if by drawing a line
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Expunge
(or Excise)
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Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered
indelicate or objectionable
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Expurgate
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With little or no preparation or forethought
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Extempore
(or Ad-libitum or Impromptu or Offhand)
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95.
Hand over to the authorities of another
country
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Extradite
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96.
Any political theory favouring immoderate
uncompromising policies
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Extremism
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97.
To release from entanglement of difficulty
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Extricate
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98.
A person concerned more with practical
realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
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Extravert
(or Extrovert)
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99.
A sociable person who is lively and outgoing
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Extrovert
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