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exact
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(v) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"

(v) claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan"

(s) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

(a) marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"

exhibit
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(n) something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"

(n) an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence

(v) walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town"

(v) to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"

(v) show or demonstrate something to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"

(v) show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill; "he exhibits a great talent"

everyday
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(s) commonplace and ordinary; "the familiar everyday world"

(s) suited for everyday use; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

(s) found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant

exceed
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(v) be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"

(v) go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"

(v) go beyond; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"

ethics
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(n) the philosophical study of moral values and rules

(n) motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

ease
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(n) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"

(n) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"

(n) freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers"

(n) the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease"

(n) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"

(v) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

(v) make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"

(v) lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"

(v) move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"

extension
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(n) act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need"

(n) act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb

(n) an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students

(n) an addition that extends a main building

(n) an addition to the length of something

(n) an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

(n) amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"

(n) the ability to raise the working leg high in the air; "the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension"; "good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability"

(n) the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"

(n) the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

(n) a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one to three letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; "most applications provide extensions for the files they create"; "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS"

(n) a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt; "they applied for an extension of the loan"

economics
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(n) the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

edition
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(n) something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "an emery wheel is a modern variant of the grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"

(n) the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

(n) an issue of a newspaper; "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times"

(n) all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time; "the first edition appeared in 1920"; "it was too late for the morning edition"; "they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings"

eager
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(n) a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

(a) having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look"

(s) marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"

explode
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(v) increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"

(v) burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"

(v) be unleashed; burst forth with violence or noise; "His anger exploded"

(v) cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"

(v) show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete

(v) show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary"

(v) drive from the stage by noisy disapproval

(v) cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/

(v) destroy by exploding; "The enemy exploded the bridge"

examination
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(n) the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

(n) the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned

(n) examination of conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

(n) formal systematic questioning

(n) a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"

efficiency
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(n) skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort; "she did the work with great efficiency"

(n) the ratio of the output to the input of any system

educate
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(v) create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"

(v) give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better"

(v) train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

explosion
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(n) the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

(n) a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball

(n) a sudden outburst; "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage"

(n) the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant

(n) a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

(n) the noise caused by an explosion; "the explosion was heard a mile away"

(n) a sudden great increase; "the population explosion"; "the information explosion"

efficient
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(s) able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of

(a) being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas"

economist
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(n) an expert in the science of economics

evolution
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(n) a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"

(n) (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

exciting
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(a) creating or arousing excitement; "an exciting account of her trip"

(s) stimulating interest and discussion; "an exciting novel"

earnings
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(n) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

(n) something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"

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