D, E - Words

1. dearth
   an insufficient quantity or number
2. debacle
   a sudden and violent collapse
3. debauch
   a wild gathering involving excessive drinking
4. debunk
   expose while ridiculing
   
5. defunct
   no longer in force or use; inactive
6. demagogue
   a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
7. denigrate
   charge falsely or with malicious intent
8. derivative
   a compound obtained from another compound
9. despot
   a cruel and oppressive dictator
10. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
11. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
12. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
13. disaffected
    discontented as toward authority
14. discomfit
    cause to lose one's composure
15. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
16. dispel
    to cause to separate and go in different directions
17. disrepute
    the state of being held in low esteem
18. divisive
    dissenting with the majority opinion
19. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
20. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
21. duplicity
    acting in bad faith
22. duress
    compulsory force or threat
23. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
24. edict
    a formal or authoritative proclamation
25. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
26. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
27. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
28. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
29. embezzlement
    the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property
30. emend
    make corrections to
31. emollient
    a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin
32. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
33. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
34. enervate
    weaken mentally or morally
35. enfranchise
    grant freedom to, as from slavery or servitude
36. engender
    call forth
37. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
38. epistolary
    written in the form of letters or correspondence
39. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
40. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
41. espouse
    choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
42. evanescent
    tending to vanish like vapor
43. evince
    give expression to
44. exacerbate
    make worse
45. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
46. execrable
    unequivocally detestable
47. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
48. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
49. expiate
    make amends for
50. expunge
    remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
51. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
52. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
53. extant
    still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
54. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate