GRE备考：GRE阅读词汇笔记(23)

　　exotic

　　not native; from another part of the world; strange; intriguingly unusual; Ex. exotic flower/dress

　　expansive

　　outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size

　　expatiate

　　talk at length; speak or write in detail

　　expatriate

　　exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land; V: exile; banish; leave ones country

　　expedient

　　suitable ; practical; politic; N: something expedient

　　expedite

　　hasten; make go faster

　　expeditious

　　done with speed; quick; N. expedition

　　expenditure

　　payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy

　　expertise

　　specialized knowledge ; expert skill

　　expiate

　　make amends for

　　expletive

　　meaningless word; interjection; profane oath; swear-word

　　explicate

　　explain in detail; interpret; clarify; CF. explicable

　　explicit

　　totally clear; definite; outspoken

　　exploit

　　make use of, sometimes unjustly; N. exploitation

　　expose

　　public revelation of something discreditable

　　expository

　　explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition

　　expostulation

　　protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade; V. expostulate

　　exposure

　　risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open; Ex. exposure of governmental corruption

　　expound

　　explain

　　expropriate

　　take possession of

　　expunge

　　cancel; remove a word or name ; erase

　　expurgate

　　clean; remove offensive parts of a book

　　exquisite

　　delicate; very finely made; extremely beautiful; Ex. exquisite piece of jewelry

　　extant

　　still in existence

　　extemporaneous

　　not planned; impromptu; extempore

　　extenuate

　　weaken; mitigate; lessen the seriousness of

　　extirpate

　　root up; uproot; destroy completely

　　extol

　　praise very highly; glorify

　　extort

　　wring from; get money by threats, etc.; obtain by force or threats; CF. extortionate: exorbitant

　　extradition

　　surrender of prisoner by one state to another; Ex. extradition treaty; V. extradite

　　extraneous

　　not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external; coming from the outside; Ex. extraneous details/noise/to the subject

　　extrapolation

　　projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer from known information

　　extricate

　　free from an entanglement or difficulty; disentangle

　　extrinsic

　　external; not essential or inherent; extraneous; OP. intrinsic

　　extrovert

　　person interested mostly in external objects and actions

　　extrude

　　force or push out; thrust out; shape by forcing through a die

　　exuberance

　　overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness; ADJ. exuberant: high-spirited and lively; growing abundantly and strongly

　　exude

　　flow out slowly; discharge ; give forth; N. exudation

　　exult

　　rejoice