E — The school dictionary · page 71 2 3 4 5 6 7 8exciseExcise, or excise duty, is a tax that the government puts on certain goods made or sold in the country, such as petrol, alcohol and tobacco.8 sentencesexcitableExcitable describes a person or animal that gets excited, nervous or upset very easily.8 sentencesexciteTo excite someone is to make them feel very happy, eager and full of energy about something.11 sentencesexcitedExcited means feeling very happy and full of energy because something good is happening or will happen.12 sentencesexcitedlyIn an excited way; full of eager, happy energy or strong feeling.9 sentencesexcitementExcitement is the strong happy feeling you have when you are looking forward to something or when something fun or surprising is happening.11 sentencesexcitingExciting means making you feel very happy and eager, wanting to know what happens next.11 sentencesexclaimTo say or shout something suddenly and loudly because you feel surprise, joy, anger or pain.11 sentencesexclamationAn exclamation is a short, sudden word or phrase said loudly to show surprise, anger, pain, joy or another strong feeling, like «Wow!» or…10 sentencesexcludeTo keep someone or something out; not to let them join or take part.11 sentencesexclusionKeeping someone or something out, or leaving them out: the exclusion of girls from the team.10 sentencesexclusiveExclusive means only for one person or group, not shared with others.13 sentencesexclusivelyOnly; for one person, group or thing and nobody or nothing else.9 sentencesexcrementSolid waste that comes out of the body of a person or animal; poo.7 sentencesexcreteTo get rid of waste from the body, such as poo, urine (wee), sweat or carbon dioxide.7 sentencesexcretingExcreting is getting rid of waste from the body, such as urine (wee), faeces (poo) or sweat.8 sentencesexcretionExcretion is how living things get rid of waste that their bodies have made, such as urine, sweat and carbon dioxide.8 sentencesexcruciatingExtremely painful.8 sentencesexcruciatinglyExtremely painfully.8 sentencesexcursionAn excursion is a short trip, often with a group, to visit a place for fun or to learn, and then come back.9 sentencesexcuseAn excuse is a reason you give to explain why you did something wrong or did not do something, often not the real reason.13 sentencesexecuteTo kill someone as a punishment ordered by a court or ruler.12 sentencesexecutedExecuted means carried out or done, as in «a perfectly executed plan» or «executed a jump».11 sentencesexecutingDoing or carrying out a plan, order, task or movement.10 sentencesexecutionAn execution is the killing of a person as an official punishment for a crime, decided by a court or ruler.10 sentencesexecutionerA person whose job is to put a criminal to death, as a punishment ordered by a court.4 sentencesexecutiveAn executive is a person with an important job in a company, who makes decisions and manages others.9 sentencesexecutorAn executor is the person named in a will to carry out what it says after the person who made it has died: sharing out money and things.8 sentencesexemplaryVery good; so good that it is an example for others to copy: exemplary behaviour.8 sentencesexemplifyTo be a typical example of something.10 sentencesexemptFree from a rule, duty or payment that others must follow.11 sentencesexemptionAn exemption is official permission not to do something that others must do.8 sentencesexerciseExercise is moving your body to keep fit and healthy, like running, swimming or playing sport.14 sentencesexertTo exert a force or pressure is to push, pull or press with it.12 sentencesexertionHard physical or mental effort.9 sentencesexhalationBreathing out: pushing air out of your lungs.8 sentencesexhaleTo breathe out.11 sentencesexhaustTo exhaust someone means to make them extremely tired.13 sentencesexhaustedExhausted means extremely tired, with no energy left.9 sentencesexhaustionExhaustion is the state of being extremely tired, with no energy left.10 sentencesexhaustiveSomething exhaustive is complete and thorough, covering every part or every possibility.8 sentencesexhibitTo exhibit means to show things publicly, especially in a museum or gallery: they exhibited our paintings.12 sentencesexhibitionA public show of things such as paintings, objects or animals, often in a museum or gallery.11 sentencesexhilaratingMaking you feel very happy, excited and full of energy.9 sentencesexhortationAn exhortation is a strong, serious request or speech that urges people to do something.8 sentencesexhumeTo dig up a body that has been buried, usually to examine it or move it.4 sentencesexileExile is being forced to live away from your own country, often as a punishment or for safety.12 sentencesexistTo be real; to be present in the world or in a place.10 sentencesexistenceBeing real or being alive; the fact that something exists.10 sentencesexistentialExistential means to do with existence, especially the big questions about why we exist and what life means.9 sentencesexitA door or way out of a building, room, vehicle or motorway.11 sentencesexodusExodus is the second book of the Bible, telling how Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, through the Red Sea, to Mount Sinai…9 sentencesexoneratedIf someone is exonerated, they are officially shown or declared not guilty of something they were blamed or accused of.8 sentencesexoplanetAn exoplanet is a planet that goes around a star other than our Sun.7 sentencesexoskeletonAn exoskeleton is a hard outer covering that supports and protects the body of animals such as insects, spiders, crabs and lobsters, inste…8 sentencesexoticExotic means coming from or belonging to a faraway country, especially a hot one, and seeming unusual and exciting.9 sentencesexpandTo expand is to become bigger, or to make something bigger.13 sentencesexpanseAn expanse is a very wide, open area of land, sea, sky or something else.9 sentencesexpansionGetting bigger in size, amount or space.11 sentencesexpectTo think or believe that something will happen.16 sentencesexpectancyExpectancy is the feeling that something exciting or important is about to happen.9 sentencesexpectationAn expectation is a belief that something will happen.10 sentencesexpectingpregnant, going to have a baby.13 sentencesexpectorationExpectoration is coughing up and spitting out mucus (phlegm) from the chest and throat.8 sentencesexpedientUseful and suitable for getting a result quickly, even if it is not the best or fairest way.5 sentencesexpediteTo make something happen faster; to speed up a process.7 sentencesexpeditionAn expedition is a long, organised journey to a far place, especially to explore, study or climb.12 sentencesexpeditiousQuick and efficient; done fast and without wasting time.7 sentencesexpelTo expel a pupil is to make them leave a school for good because they behaved very badly.13 sentencesexpellingExpelling someone is officially making them leave a school, club or country because of bad behaviour.8 sentencesexpendTo use or spend energy, time, effort or money.9 sentencesexpenditureThe total amount of money spent.9 sentencesexpenseExpense is the amount of money something costs.12 sentencesexpensiveExpensive means costing a lot of money.9 sentencesexperienceExperience is knowledge or skill you get by doing or seeing things over time.11 sentencesexperimentA test done carefully to find out something, check an idea, or see what happens.11 sentencesexperimentalExperimental means to do with experiments, tests done to find something out («experimental results»).10 sentencesexperimentationExperimentation is the process of trying out experiments to test ideas and find things out.8 sentencesexperimenterA person who does experiments, especially in science.8 sentencesexpertA person who knows a lot about a subject or is very skilled at something.10 sentencesexpertiseSpecial skill or knowledge in a subject that comes from study, training or experience, as in «medical expertise».7 sentencesexpiateTo make up for a wrong or sin by suffering or doing something good, so that the guilt is removed.4 sentencesexpireWhen something expires, it stops being valid or usable after a certain time, like a ticket, card or password.12 sentencesexpireddied.13 sentencesexpiryExpiry is the end of the time when something can be used or is valid, such as a ticket, card or passport.8 sentencesexplainTo make something clear or easy to understand by describing it.11 sentencesexplanationAn explanation is what you say or write to make something clear and easy to understand: an explanation of how plants grow.10 sentencesexpletiveAn expletive is a swear word or rude exclamation, said when angry, hurt or surprised.8 sentencesexplicitSaid clearly and fully, so nobody can be confused, as in «explicit instructions».8 sentencesexplicitlyIn a clear and direct way, saying exactly what you mean so there is no doubt, as in «She explicitly told us not to touch it».8 sentencesexplodeTo explode means to burst apart with a loud bang and great force.13 sentencesexploitTo use someone unfairly for your own gain, like paying workers too little or tricking children.12 sentencesexploitationTreating people unfairly to get something from them, for example making them work hard for very little pay.9 sentencesexploitedTreated unfairly by someone who uses you for their own gain, for example made to work hard for very little pay.10 sentencesexplorationExploration is travelling to and looking around a place to find out what is there, especially a place nobody knows well.9 sentencesexploreTo travel around a place you do not know, to find out what it is like.12 sentencesexplorerAn explorer is a person who travels to unknown or little-known places to find out about them.11 sentencesexplosionA sudden loud bursting of something with great force, heat and noise, as when a bomb or gas goes off.9 sentencesexplosiveAn explosive is a substance or device that can blow up, such as dynamite or a bomb.12 sentencesexplosivelyIn a sudden, loud and violent way, like an explosion, as in «The balloon burst explosively».9 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/7/