English 8 Vocab Lessons 3-4

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excerpt

1. A passage selected from a book, play, piece of music, etc.

2. To take a passage from a book, etc.; to quote.

exhilarate

to cheer; to stimulate; to enliven

exonerate

1. To free from blame

2. To relieve of a task

exhorbitant

excessive

compound

1. to mix together, to combine two or more parts or elements

2. a combination of elements, parts, or substances

Exposition

1. A precise statement or explanation

2. A public exhibit or show

expound

To set forth an explanation or view of something in detail (usually used with on).

impose

1. to set up, or to force something (or oneself) on others

2. to take unfair advantage of someone

imposter

one who deceives by using a false identity

proponent

one who argues in favor of something

extraneous

1. Coming from outside; foreign

2. Not essential or vital

extraterrestrial

outside or originating outside the limits of the earth's atmosphere

extrovert

a person chiefly interested in things outside the self, directing thoughts outward rather inward

mediate

to act as negotiator between opposing sides in a dispute

mediocrity

The condition of being commonplace or ordinary, somewhere in the middle between high and low; a very ordinary person

medium

1. A substance or element through which something is transmitted.

2. A person thought to have communication with spirits of the dead.

non sequitur

A statement that does not follow logically from evidence

obsequious

excessively willing to yield to others

subsequent

Coming after or later

sequester

1. To go into hiding; to seek solitude.

2. To isolate.

ex

out of, from

pono, ponere, posui, positum, (pone, posit, pose, post, pound)

to put, place

extra

on the outside

medius (medi, medium, media)

middle

sequor, sequi, sectum (sequ, seque, sequi, sequest)

to follow