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| EXQUISITE | | adj. - extremely beautiful or delicate.
- keenly felt (exquisite pleasure).
- highly sensitive (exquisite taste). exquisitely adv. [latin exquiro -quisit- seek out] | |
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| EXTEMPORE | | adj. & adv. Without preparation. [latin] | |
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| EXTENSION | | n. - extending or being extended.
- part enlarging or added on to a main building etc.
- additional part.
- a subsidiary telephone on the same line as the main one. B its number.
- additional period of time.
- extramural instruction by a university or college. | |
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| EXTENSIVE | | adj. - covering a large area.
- far-reaching. extensively adv. Extensiveness n. [latin: related to *extend] | |
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| EXTENUATE | | v. (often as extenuating adj.) Make (guilt or an offence) seem less serious by reference to another factor. extenuation n. [latin tenuis thin] | |
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| EXTIRPATE | | v. (-ting) root out; destroy completely. extirpation n. [latin ex(s)tirpo from stirps stem of tree] | |
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| EXTORTION | | n. - act of extorting, esp. Money.
- illegal exaction. extortioner n. Extortionist n. | |
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| EXTRACTOR | | n. - person or machine that extracts.
- (attrib.) (of a device) that extracts bad air etc. | |
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| EXTRADITE | | v. (-ting) hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the foreign state etc. In which the crime was committed. extradition n. [french: related to *tradition] | |
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| EXTREMIST | | n. (also attrib.) Person with extreme views. extremism n. | |
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