| expedient | convenient and practical, although possibly improper or immoral | |
| expatriate | A person who lives outside their native country | |
| expatiate | To speak or write in detail about a topic | |
| exorbitant | Exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent; highly excessive | |
| exodus | A mass departure of people, especially emigrants | |
| exigent | requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing | |
| execrable | extremely bad or unpleasant | |
| exculpated | To free from blame or guilt; to declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing | |
| excoriated | To criticize someone or something very harshly | |
| excise | A tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licenses granted for certain activities | |