TOEFL Vocabulary Page 10

226. EXPATIATE: To speak or write at great length - He expatiated on the subject for two hours.

Synonym: dilate

227. EXPATRIATE (verb): To banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country - expatriated for treachery to his country.

(noun): An expatriated person - expatriates who left the United States to live in Paris.

228. EXPEDIENT (adj.): Convenient in helping to attain some purpose - found it expedient to maintain silence at that moment.

Synonyms: opportune, seasonable

(noun): A means to accomplish something - tried all expedients to achieve a quick result.

229. EXPLOIT (verb): To use for one's selfish purpose – refugees exploited by unscrupulous employers.

(noun): A brilliant deed - lauded for his exploits in science.

Synonym: feat

230. EXPOUND (noun: EXPOSITION): To set forth in detail; to explain - expounded his theory in a learned article.

231. EXPURGATE: To purify (usually a piece of writing) of offensive material - expurgate all obscenities before the book could be sold.

Synonyms: purge, delete

232. EXTEMPORANEOUS: Done or spoken on the spur of the moment or without preparation - an extemporaneous speech.

Synonyms: impromptu, offhand

233. EXTINCT: No longer existing or active - the extinct dinosaur, alive only in history.

Synonym: defunct

Antonym: extant

234. EXTIRPATE: To root out, destroy totally - extirpated the cause of trouble.

Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, efface, obliterate

235. EXTRANEOUS. Not essential; foreign; irrelevant - excluded material extraneous to the subject.

Synonyms: extrinsic, adventitious

Antonyms: germane, intrinsic, inherent, relevant, pertinent

236. EXULTATION: Great rejoicing - received the good news with exultation.

Synonym: jubilation

237. FACADE: Front or face, especially of a building - a facade of marble.

238. FACETIOUS: Given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun - brightened the evening with his facetious remarks.

Synonyms: jocose, droll, flippant, frivolous

Antonyms: solemn, grave, saturnine

239. FALLACIOUS (noun: FALLACY): Unsound; misleading; deceptive - led astray by fallacious reasoning and plans.

240. FALLIBLE: Liable to make mistakes or be deceived - Being human, Tom was naturally fallible.

Antonyms: infallible, unerring

241. FATHOM: To penetrate and understand - difficult to fathom his mysterious actions.

242. FATUOUS: Foolish; silly - a fatuous suggestion that struck us as stupid.

Synonyms: inane, vacuous, puerile

Antonyms: judicious, sagacious, sage

243. FEALTY: Faithfulness - The soldiers were pledged to fealty to their ruler.

Synonyms: allegiance, constancy, fidelity

Antonyms: disloyalty; infidelity, treachery

244. FEASIBLE: Workable - a feasible plan, proved practical by - previous experience.

Antonym: impracticable

245 FEIGN (noun: FEINT): To pretend - He feigned to be angry, but we saw through his pretense.

Synonyms: dissemble, sham, dissimulate, affect

246. FELICITY (adj.: FELICITOUS):

(1) A state of happiness - promoted felicity in the nation.

Synonym: bliss

(2) A high ability - lie has a felicity of language, mastery of the well-chosen phrase.

247. FERVID: Spirited; ardent - a fervid debater, full of emotion.

Synonyms: perfervid, impassioned, zealous, fervent, vehement

248. FESTOON (noun): A garland of flowers, leaves, etc. hung between two points - the room bright with festoons of Thanksgiving decorations.

(verb): To hang with festoons - a room festooned with spring flowers.

249. FETISH.

(1) Something that is believed to have magical powers - savages worshipping the fetish in a ceremonial dance.

Synonym: charm, talisman, amulet

(2) An object of unreasoning devotion and worship – Photography, begun as a hobby, became a fetish.

250. FIASCO: A ludicrous and complete failure - all his glorious plans ending in a fiasco.

Synonym: debacle