Vocab lists 3 and 4

Efface

To erase, to wipe out

Egregious

Flagrant, obviously bad

Elucidate

To explain, to make clear

Elusive

Hard to understand, baffling

Embroil

To involve in a quarrel, to entangle

Emulate

To rival, to try to equal or excel

Enervate

To sap energy from, to weaken

Engender

To cause, to make happen

Enigma

A mystery, a puzzle

Ephemeral

Short lived, lasting a short time

Equanimity

Composure, calmness

Euphemism

a nice way of saying something harsh

Evanescent

Short lived, fleeting

Exacerbate

To make worse, to irritate

Expedient

Useful, practical

Expedite

To accelerate, to speed up

Expunge

To erase, to wipe out

Extol

To praise highly

Facilitate

To make easier, to help make happen

Fallacy

A false idea, an erroneous belief

Fastidious

Overly neat, finicky

Fervor

Passion, intense emotion, zeal

Flagrant

Glaringly bad, obviously offensive, outrageous

Formidable

Dreaded, hard to overcome, frightful

Fortuitous

Accidental, occurring by chance

Criterion

A norm, a standard, a model

Cursory

hasty, superficial

dearth

a scarcity, a shortage

debilitate

to weaken, to undermine

decadence

decay, ruin

deference

honor, great respect

delineate

to depict, to describe, to show

denunciation

open condemnation, public disapproval

deprecate

To put down, to express disapproval of

destitute

very poor, needy

deter

to hinder, to prevent, to discourage

diatribe

a verbal attack, a bitter, critical speech

didactic

instructional, for teaching purposes

diminution

a decrease, a lessening

discerning

insightful, perceptive

disparage

to belittle, to degrade, to put down

disparity

inequality, difference

disposition

temperament, nature, personality

dissipated (adj)

wasted, disheveled, drunken

dissipated (v)

squandered, scattered

dogmatic

arrogant, stubborn

dormant

asleep, inactive

duplicity

deceitfulness, double dealing

ebb

to decline, to become weaker

eclectic

taken from different sources, diversified

Desecrate

To violate, to lay waste, to destroy