#462 expeditious

expeditious- characterized by or done with speed and efficiency; prompt; quick

expedite- C17 from Latin expedire literally: to free the feet, liberate, from ex+pes foot

The marketer had an expeditious agenda to get rich quickly.

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#461 expedient

expedient- suitable to the circumstances; appropriate; inclined towards methods or means that are advantageous rather than fair or just

C14 from Latin expediens setting free

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#460 expatriate

expatriate- resident in a foreign country; exiled or banished from one's native country; an exile

- C18 from Medieval Latin expatriare from Latin ex+patria native land

The word expatriate comes from the Latin ex (out of) and patria (fatherland) and many countries include a legal definition for the term.

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#459 exorbitant

exorbitant- in excess of what is reasonable; excessive; extravagant; immoderate

C15 from Late Latin exorbitare to deviate, from orbita- track

Reining in exorbitant executive pay packages that are draining resources is one strategy.

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#458 exonerate

exonerate- to clear or absolve from blame or a criminal charge; to relieve from an obligation or task; exempt

C16 from Latin exonerare to free from a burden, from onus a burden

I don't want to exonerate these characters from their pasts.

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#457 existentialism

existentialism- a modern philosophical movement stressing the importance of personal experience and responsibility and the demands that they make on the individual, who is seen as a free agent in a deterministic and seemingly meaningless universe

Dostoevsky once wrote: “If God did not exist, everything would be permitted”; and that, for existentialism, is the starting point.

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#456 exile

exile- a prolonged, usually enforced absence from one's home or country; banishment; expatriate

C13 from Latin exsilium banishment, from exsul ; perhaps related to Greek alasthai to wander

His parents were Russian radicals in exile from the Tsarist regime.

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