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Exacerbate: MEANING: Make worse
SENTENCE: The cream the doctor prescribed only exacerbated the rash
on Steve’s foot.
Exacting: MEANING: Extremely demanding
SENTENCE:  The author’s requirements were exacting, the editor would
need weeks to do the work.

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Exculpate: MEANING: Show someone is free from blame
SENTENCE: I will present evidence of innocence and honesty in his 10
years of service for this country that will exculpate my client from such
groundless charges.
Exigency: MEANING: Urgent requirement or need
SENTENCE: Political decisions are presented as a matter of exigency, as
though there were no other choice.
Exonerate: MEANING: Officially absolve from blame; release from
obligation or duty
SENTENCE: In order to work in the USA, one requires proof of
exoneration from any criminal act.
Extraneous: MEANING: Irrelevant; of external origin
SENTENCE: We create bubbles of information, silos of opinion, and we
tune out all that is extraneous or disagreeable.
Extrapolation: MEANING: The action of estimating by extension of
current trends, or applying current methods
SENTENCE: I extrapolate that getting home will take 20 minutes as it
took 20 minutes to get there.

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Facetious : MEANING: Inappropriately funny, flippant
SENTENCE: Facetious remarks about a classmate are inappropriate at the
serious moment when you got an excellent score in the exam,  but your
classmate got a very poor score.