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This ROOT-WORD is the Prefix EX which means OUT & FROM. It is a very common ROOT-WORD. You meet it daily, many times, with a red light to show the way OUT. If you notice the pronunciation carefully you will see that EX is not always “eks” but sometimes “egs” (eggs).
1. Exact: EX act (eg azkt’) v.
To demand; to make give out
2. Excel: EX cel (ek sel’) v.
To surpass; outdo others
3. Excellence: EX cellence (ek’ se lens) n.
The highest quality
4. Excite: EX cite (ek site’) v.
To rouse; to stir up
5. Excitable: EX citable (ek site’ a b’l) adj.
Can be easily roused
6. Excitement: EX citement (ek site’ ment) n.
State of being excited
7. Exclude: EX clued (eks klude’) v.
Shut out
8. Exclaim: EX claim (eks klame’) v.
Cry out; shout out
9. Exclamation: EX clamation (eks kla may’ shun) n.
An outcry
10. Exit: EX it (eg’ zit) n.
A way out of a building
11. Exit: EX it (eg’ zit) v.
To leave; go out of
12. Expect: EX pect (ek spekt’) v.
To look out for; await
13. Expelled: EX pelled (ekspeld’) v.
Thrown out; as, expelled from school
14. Express: EX press (ek spres’) v.
To speak out
15. Expression: EX pression (ek spresh’ un) n.
The act of stating something
16. Excavate: EX cavate (ek’ ska vate) v.
To hollow out; make a hold in
17. Exception: EX caption (ek sep’ shun) n.
Something left out of general use; as, an exception to a rule
18. Extend: EX tend (ek stend’) v.
To stretch out; to lay out at full length
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