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"Ex" Words

Sat Oct 16 15:26:11 EDT 2021
Learn these ten words containing the prefix EX meaning "out" or "up." You must achieve MASTERY of 80% for this assignment to count.
exceed
The latest advisory was issued because the Phoenix area is expected to exceed the federal health standard for air quality on Tuesday.
exception
The doors of the Apprentices’ Quarters were locked and sealed at nightfall, and there were no exceptions to the rule.
excerpt
Other former prisoners read dramatic excerpts from the responses of prisoners who returned the survey questions.
exalt
In a curious way, many people simultaneously exalt and dismiss mathematicians and scientists as impractical whizzes.
excavate
It would be impossible, however, to excavate the 180,000-plus known archaeological sites in Greenland before the damage is done, Hollesen notes.
excel
While he excelled at baseball, football, and track, the sport he enjoyed the most was tennis.
exempt
The youngest—the six- and seven-year-olds—were exempt from the recital.
exhale
I hold my breath and don’t exhale until Ma nods.
exorcise
It’s a place where our nation is still reckoning with, honoring and exorcising the ghosts of our country’s past.
expel
More than 150 Russians listed by their embassies and consulates as diplomats or military and cultural attachés were expelled from 27 countries, including the United States.

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