All MY EXES - Answers1. Excise (from Latin accisa, literally a cut) is a tax (or cut) imposed on manufacture or sale of a commodity, as on alcohol or tobacco.2. An exigency (Latin exigentia, urgency, emergency) is a crisis or emergency. In cases of exigency, that government agency always provides all possible aid, short of actual help. 3. To exalt (from Latin exaltare—raise, elevate) is to honor, praise, and perhaps raise to a higher position. 4. To expunge (from Latin expungere, to blot out) is to erase, eradicate. She asked that her diagnosis as an onomatomaniac be expunged from her psychiatric record. 5. It means to denounce viciously. The speaker excoriated the behavior of those who lied about the candidate (from Latin excoriare, strip off skin). |
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