Roots
medius
middle
excerpt
1. A passage selected from a book, play, piece of music, etc.
2. To take a passage from a book, etc.; to quote.
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With both written text and 1,065 colored illustrations, John James Audubon’s Birds of America, published in 1838, remains a model ____________ on the subject.
exposition
exorbitant
Excessive
sequor, sequi, secutus sum
to follow
extraneous
1. Coming from outside; foreign.
2. Not essential or vital.
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In the play The Man Who Came to Dinner, a guest who breaks his hip when departing ______________ on his hosts for six months.
imposes
exhilarate
To cheer; to stimulate; to enliven.
outside of
compound
A combination of elements, parts, or substances.
According to some scientists, the impact of an _________________ object, such as a comet, caused conditions that led to the extinction of dinosaurs.
extraterrestrial
extrovert
person chiefly interested in things outside the self, directing thoughts outward rather than inward.
pono, ponere, posui, positus
to place, to put
mediate
To act as negotiator between opposing sides in a dispute.
The wife of Martin Guerre wonders if the man claiming to be Martin is really her husband returning after eight years or an _____________.
imposter
non sequitur
ex
out of, from
proponent
One who argues in support of something.
Although twice elected prime minister of Great Britain, Sir Winston Churchill was considered an academic _____________ as a schoolboy.
mediocrity
obsequious
Excessively willing to yield to others.