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extricate verb It can take an ample amount of dexterity -- manual, verbal, or mental -- to free yourself from a tangled situation. This can be seen in “extricate,” a word derived from Latin “extricatus,” which combines the prefix “ex-” (“out of”) with the noun “tricae,” meaning “trifles or perplexities.” (The resemblance of “tricae” to our word “trick” is no illusion; it’s an ancestor.) While a number of words (such as “disentangle”) share with “extricate” the meaning of “to free from difficulty,” “extricate” suggests the act of doing so with care and ingenuity, as in “Through months of careful budgeting, he was able to extricate himself from his financial burdens.” 1 : to distinguish from a related thing2 : to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty

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November 4, 2008 EK-struh-kayt Joe looked for a way to extricate himself gracefully from the long and tedious conversation with his chatty colleague.

Word	extricate
Date	November 4, 2008
Type	verb
Syllables	EK-struh-kayt
Etymology	It can take an ample amount of dexterity -- manual, verbal, or mental -- to free yourself from a tangled situation. This can be seen in “extricate,” a word derived from Latin “extricatus,” which combines the prefix “ex-” (“out of”) with the noun “tricae,” meaning “trifles or perplexities.” (The resemblance of “tricae” to our word “trick” is no illusion; it’s an ancestor.) While a number of words (such as “disentangle”) share with “extricate” the meaning of “to free from difficulty,” “extricate” suggests the act of doing so with care and ingenuity, as in “Through months of careful budgeting, he was able to extricate himself from his financial burdens.”
Examples	Joe looked for a way to extricate himself gracefully from the long and tedious conversation with his chatty colleague.
Definition	1 : to distinguish from a related thing 2 : to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty

Extricate Free Word Meaning November Verb Ek Struh Kayt Ample