Verbs starting with "ex" make for awesome words, and there are so many that it beggars belief. We picked 50 of our favorites, noted their meanings, and created an awesome list so you can improve and expand your verb usage. It's probably a bit much to take in at one sitting, so why not learn two a day and add them to your vocabulary arsenal slowly? Watch out for Part 2, which will include another list of exciting "ex" verbs. Oops, that was another one.
- Excise: to remove by cutting, or as if by cutting
- Excite: to arouse or stimulate
- Exclaim: to cry out passionately or vehemently
- Exclude: to bar, or to prevent entrance or inclusion
- Expunge: to destroy or strike out
- Expurgate: to remove something objectionable
- Exscind: to cut off or cut out
- Exsert: to thrust out or cause to protrude
- Exsiccate: to dry out
- Extemporize: to improvise
- Excogitate: to devise or think out carefully
- Excommunicate: to bar from membership, especially from a religious community
- Excoriate: to abrade, criticize severely, or censure
- Excuse: to forgive, remove blame from, justify, or make an apology for
- Execrate: to denounce or curse
- Execute: to carry out or perform
- Exacerbate: to make worse
- Exact: to demand and obtain, as in “exact revenge”
- Exaggerate: to overemphasize or overstate
- Exalt: to glorify, praise highly, or intensify
- Examine: to inspect, investigate, or scrutinize
- Exasperate: to aggravate, irritate, or enrage
- Excavate: to remove or expose by digging, or as if by digging
- Exceed: to be greater than, or to go beyond a limit or normal boundary
- Excrete: to discharge or eliminate from the body
- Excruciate: to torture or cause great pain to
- Exculpate: to clear of blame or fault
- Except: to keep out, exclude, or object
- Excerpt: to take out or select, especially from writing, for another use
- Exchange: to trade or swap
- Exemplify: to embody, illustrate, or make an example of
- Exempt: to set apart or release from a requirement
- Exenterate: to disembowel
- Exercise: to practice, train, or put to use
- Exert: to put forth effort, strength, or influence
- Exfoliate: to cast off, shed, or remove from a surface
- Exhale: to breathe out
- Exhaust: to wear out, use up, or drain completely
- Exhibit: to show or demonstrate
- Exhilarate: to refresh, enliven, or stimulate
- Exhort: to urge, appeal to, or warn earnestly
- Exhume: to dig up, disinter, or bring to light again
- Exile: to drive out or banish
- Exist: to continue to be or to have being
- Expect: to await, anticipate, or suppose
- Expectorate: to discharge or spit out from the throat or lungs
- Expedite: to cause to occur quickly, or to dispatch or issue
- Expel: to eject or force out
- Expend: to spend, use up, or utilize
- Experience: to learn, feel, or sense through direct participation or observation
