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Not including one particular thing or person when talking about a group.
Someone or something that is excluded from a general rule or does not follow the usual pattern.
Unusually good or impressive, or very much out of the ordinary.
A short section taken from a longer piece of writing, film, or music.
To give something and receive something else in return.
Easily made excited or emotionally worked up.
To make someone feel eager, happy, or full of energy about something.
Feeling very happy and enthusiastic about something.
A feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness.
Causing strong feelings of interest or eagerness.
A sudden, forceful cry or remark expressing strong feeling.
To leave someone or something out, or to prevent them from being included.
The act of keeping someone or something out of a group, place, or activity.
The formal exclusion of a person from membership and participation in a religious community, especially the Catholic Church.
To pass waste material out of the body.
The removal of waste products made by an organism's own metabolism.
To show that someone is not guilty of a fault or crime.
A reason given to explain or justify a fault or mistake.
A polite phrase used to get someone's attention or to apologize for a small interruption.
To carry out a plan or task, or, in a separate and much more serious sense, to put someone to death as a legal punishment.
A person with a senior managerial role in a business or organization.
Setting a standard so good that others should copy it.
Physical activity done to stay fit and healthy, or a task done to practise a skill.
To use power, influence, or effort to produce an effect.
To make someone extremely tired, or to use up a supply of something completely.
Extremely tired, with no energy left.
A state of extreme tiredness, physical or mental.
Covering every possible detail or option, leaving nothing out.
To publicly display something, such as art or objects, for people to see.
A public display of art, products, or information.
A feeling of great excitement and energy.
Requiring immediate action or attention; pressing.
The state of being forced to live away from one's own country, often for political reasons.
To be real; to have actual being.
The state of being real or of continuing to live.
A philosophical movement centered on the idea that individuals must create their own meaning and values in a universe that provides none on its own.
A way out of a building or place.
To officially clear someone of blame or wrongdoing.
Much greater than what is reasonable, especially in price.
A hard external skeleton that supports and protects the body of an animal such as an insect or crab.
Describes a chemical reaction that releases heat into its surroundings.
To become larger in size, number, or extent.
A wide, open area of land, sky, water, or space.
A broad set of collected data covering many values or cases.
To think that something will probably happen.
A strong belief that something will happen or that someone should behave in a certain way.
Convenient and practical, though sometimes not entirely fair or moral.
A journey made for a particular purpose, such as exploration.