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4/16/15

Exfoliate

Exfoliate

<ex-foal-lee-ate>

rub; shed; remove;

Remove something using friction.

I like to exfoliate my skin at night.

Memory trick:
ex reminds of remove
Foliate reminds of foliage
Remove foliage

Used at work:
Let’s exfoliate the trim from that sign and we can reuse it.


(c) 2015 E. Carruthers

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