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   ex-

   /ɛks/

   prefix

   • 1. out: "exclude"
   • 2. upward: "extol"
   • 3. thoroughly: "excruciate"
   • 4. denoting removal or release: "excommunicate"
   • 5. forming verbs which denote inducement of a state: "exasperate"
   • 6. forming nouns which denote a former state: "ex-husband"

   Word Origin from Latin ex ‘out of’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • E

     1

   • X

     8

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