Vocab 61-100

deference

respect

definitive

conclusive

degenerate

to break down

deleterious

harmful

delineate

to describe accurately

delude

to deceive

deluge

flood

demagogue

a leader who uses prejudice to get more power

denizen

inhabitant

depravity

extreme wickedness or corruption

deprecate

to express disapproval of

deride

to laugh at contemptuously

derogatory

disapproving

desiccate

to dry out

despondent

extremely depressed

despot

an absolute ruler

destitute

extremely poor

desultory

without a plan or purpose

dextrous

skillful

dialectical

relating to discussions

dictum

a proverb

didactic

intended to teach

diffident

timid; lack of confidence

digress

to stray from the main subject

dilettante

an amateur

discern

to discriminate; to differentiate

discreet

prudent

discrete

distinct

discriminate

to differentiate

disdain

contempt

disinterested

unbiased

disparage

to belittle

disparate

different

disseminate

to make widely known

dissipate

to dissolve

dissolution

disintegration

distend

to swell

distinguish

to tell apart

docile

easily taught

doctrinaire

dogmatic

dogmatic

arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas

dormant

inactive; asleep

dubious

full of doubt; uncertain

duplicity

deception

ebullient

boiling

eccentric

not conventional

eclectic

drawn from many sources

edify

to enlighten

efface

to erase

effusion

a pouring forth

egocentric

selfish

egregious

extremely bad

elicit

to call forth

elliptical

oval

elusive

hard to pin down

emigrate

to leave a country permanently

eminent

outstanding, well-known

empirical

relying on experience or observation

emulate

to strive to equal or excel

encroach

to trespass

endemic

native, indigenous

enervate

to reduce the strength or energy of; tired

enfranchise

to grant the privileges of citizenship

engender

to create; to cause

enigma

a mystery

enormity

extreme evil

ephemeral

lasting a very short time

epigram

a poem

epitome

a paradigm

equanimity

calm

equitable

fair

equivocal

unclear; ambiguous

erudite

deeply learned

esoteric

hard to understand

espouse

to support

ethereal

heavenly

evanescent

vanishing

exacerbate

to make worse

exacting

extremely demanding

exalt

to glorify

exasperate

to make very angry

exemplify

to serve as a good example

exhaustive

rigorous

exhort

to urge strongly

exigency

an emergency

existential

having to do with existence

exonerate

to free completely from blame

expatriate

to emigrate

expedient

practical

expedite

to speed up

explicit

clearly and directly expressed

extol

to praise highly

extraneous

extra

extrapolate

to infer

extricate

to free from difficulty

extrovert

an open, outgoing person

exult

to celebrate

fabrication

a lie

facetious

humorous

facile

fluent; easy