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evacuate
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verb.: to empty out; to leave.
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Sentence: The entire town was forced to evacuate due to the closeness of the wildfire.
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extinct
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adj.: died out; vanished.
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Sentence: Many species of dinosaurs are now extinct, although birds, frogs, salamanders, and lizards survived the extinction.
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exempt
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adj.: excused; not having to take part in something.
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Sentence: The doctor wrote the school nurse a medical note stating that the girl was exempt from P.E. for six weeks due to her injury.
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extremity
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n.: outer point; an end.
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Sentence: The boy was growing so fast that he had pains in all four of his extremities.
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evict
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v.: to cast out; to force out.
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Sentence: The landlord said that he would have to evict the tenant from his apartment by the 15th of the month if the rent was not paid in full.
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estrange
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v.: to purposely leave out; to alienate. reindeer games.
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Sentence: The reindeer felt estranged from the other reindeer because they never spoke to him, sat by him, or included him in any
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exterminate
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v.: to wipe out; to destroy.
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Sentence: Because of the amount of wasps around our house, we hired an exterminator to come and spray the yard and under the eves in order to exterminate them.
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evasive
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adj.: intentionally vague; misleading. toward the end zone.
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Sentence: the running back caught the ball and then took evasive movements to weave his way through his opponents and
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erosion
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n.: corrosion; wearing away.
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Sentence: The unsafe cliff showed increasing erosion each year from the wind and the rain.
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evolve
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v.: to change slowly; to develop.
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Sentence: It was necessary for the general to evolve some plan of defensive action for his troops.
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