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exacta
  • n  a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order
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exaction
  • n  act of demanding or levying by force or authority
    exaction of tribute
    exaction of various dues and fees
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exactitude
  • n  the quality of being exact
    a man of great exactitude
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exactness
  • n  the quality of being exact
    he demanded exactness in all details
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exacum
  • n  genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets
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exacum affine
  • n  perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers
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exaggeration
  • n  extravagant exaggeration
  • n  the act of making something more noticeable than usual
    the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness
  • n  making to seem more important than it really is
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exaltation
  • n  a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
  • n  the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence
  • n  a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)
  • n  the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
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