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ex-

(EKS)

out or out of

Latin for out. To exit is to go out; an ex-friend is a friend who is now out of your life.

Spellings:exeef

Example words

  • exit

    the way out

  • extract

    to pull out

  • exclaim

    to shout out

  • export

    to carry goods out of a country

Words in our dictionary that use this root

Every dataset word containing ex-, with the parts it shares with other roots in our set.

  • evoke

    to call out a memory or feeling

  • exclaim

    to shout out suddenly

  • export

    to carry goods out of a country

  • eject

    to throw out

  • emit

    to send out

  • extract

    to pull out

  • excursion

    a short trip — a run out and back

  • evident

    easy to see — clear

  • exit

    the way out

  • erupt

    to burst out

  • effect

    the result of an action — what was made happen

  • extend

    to stretch out

  • excise

    to cut out or remove

Who it is for

Grades served: 4, 5

Level 1Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.

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