| A | B |
|---|
| excise | cut out, cut down, cut off |
| excommunication | put out of the community |
| excursion | a deviation in argument |
| exfoliate | to strip of leaves |
| eccentric | Descriptive of a person who deviates from a normally recognized or conventional kind of behavior |
| eclipse | A fall into obscurity or disuse; a decline |
| ecstasy | A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond thought and self-control. |
| ectogenous | A reference to certain pathogenic micro-organisms that are able to live and develop outside of their hosts. |
| exhume | to unearth |
| exigency | to demand, require; drive out |
| exile | banish, drive off |
| exodus | a military expedition; a solemn procession; departure; death |
| exonerate | remove a burden, discharge, unload |
| exorbitant | deviating from rule or principle, eccentric; excessive, immoderate |
| expatriate | one who chooses to live abroad |
| expectorate | to clear out the chest or lungs |
| expedite | disengage, liberate; literally "free the feet from fetters" |
| expeditious | disengaged, ready, prompt |
| export | send out (commodities) from one country to another |
| exposition | a setting or showing forth |
| exsanguinate | bloodless |
| extenuate | lessen, make small, reduce, diminish |
| exterminate | drive out, expel, drive beyond boundaries |
| extortion | wrench out, wrest away, to obtain by force |
| hypocaust | In architecture, an open space below a floor to allow the passage of hot air and smoke in order to heat the room above. |
| hypochondria | A psychological disorder characterized by an unusual or excessive concern or worry about one's health or having a serious illness |
| hypogamy | The marriage of a woman into a lower caste or into a tribe of lower standing than her own. |
| hypoglycemia | An abnormally low level of glucose (sugar) in the blood; usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet. |
| hypophobia | A lack of normal fear; not being afraid enough. |
| hypothesis | base, basis of an argument, supposition |
| hypoventilation | Abnormally slow and shallow respiration, resulting in an increased level of carbon dioxide in the blood. |
| hypocrisy | play a part, pretend |
| engender | to implant; produce in something/ someone |
| entice | to stir up (fire) in; to excite; incite |
| entropy | measure of the disorder in a system |
| environ | to surround; enclose; encircle |
| enclave | surrounded by land owned by another |
| encumber | to block in/ up; hinder; thwart |
| endemic | native; dwelling in (a place); of or belonging to a people |
| disenfranchise | to not admit to membership in a state |
| encephalitis | Inflammation of the brain; usually caused by a viral infection. |
| encircle | To move or to go around completely; to make a circuit of. |
| enzootic | Afflicting animals; disease restricted to a locality. |
| prosthesis | addition of a letter or syllable to a word |
| prosopopeia | A rhetorical figure in which an imaginary or absent person is made to speak or act. |
| prosencephalon | That part of the anterior cerebral vesicle developing into the hemispheres |
| prosopectasia | Morbid enlargement of the face |
| prosopology | A treatise on facial expression; or physiognomy |
| prosthetic | The use of artificial instruments to replace lost or wanting parts of the body |
