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Dissonance

Lack of Harmony

Distend

To expand

Distrait

Inattentive

Divest

To strip

Doctrinaire

Dogmatic, Unyielding

Doggerel

Poor Verse

Dogmatic

Stating opinion without proof

Dormant

Inactive

Dross

Waste

Dupe

To trick

ebullient

Overly enthusiastic

eclectic

Selecting from various sources

effervescence

State of high spirits

effete

Overly redefined

Efficacy

Effective

effrontery

Shameless Boldness

elegy

Poem

elicit

To provoke

elixir

Substance that helps to cure

Elysian

Delight

emaciated

Thin and wasted

embellish

To adorn, enhance

Emollient

Soothing

Empirical

Derived from observation

Emulate

Copying

encomium

Expression of Praise

endemic

inherent

enervate

To weaken

entomology

Scientific study of Insects

Enunciate

Pronounce Clearly

ephemeral

Short lived

equable

Steady

equanimity

Calmness

errant

Mistaken

Erudite

Learned

esoteric

Hard to understand

estimable

Admirable

ethnocentric

Based on the Attitude that one's group is superior

etymology

Origin of History

eulogy

High praise to a death person

euthanasia

Mercy killing

evocative

Produce a Reaction

evince

To show plainly

exculpate

to clear of blame; vindicate

exigency

Crisis

expatiate

To speak or write at length

expatriate

Send into exile

explicate

To explain

extant

Not lost

extemporaneous

unrehearsed

Extirpate

To destroy

Facetious

Homorous

Facilitate

To make less difficult

Fallacious

Based on false

Fallow

Uncultivated

Fatuous

Foolishly satisfied

Fauna

Animal

Felicitous

Suitable Expressed

Fervor

Warmth and intensity of emotion

Fetid

Having a bad smell

Fetter

To bind

Fiat

Authorization

Fidelity

Loyalty

Flag

Grow weak

Fledging

Beginner, Novoice

Flout

To treat scornfully

Flux

Continuous moving

Foment

Arouse

Forbearance

Patience

Forswear

Renounce

Fracas

Brawl

Fractious

Quarrelsome

Froward

Stubbornly contrary

Frugality

Thrift

Fulsome

As excessive as disgusting

Futile

Ineffective

Gainsay

To deny

Gambol

Leap playfully

Garrulous

Very talkative

Gauche

Clumsy

Gerrymander

to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party

Gossamer

Sheer light and Delicate

Gouge

Tear out

Glib

Fluent in insincere way

Gregarious

Sociable

Grouse

To complain

Guise

Outward appearance

Gustatory

Affecting the sense of taste

Halcyon

Calm and peaceful

Harangue

Long

Hallowed

Holy

Harrowing

Extremely distressing

Hermetic

Magical

Heterodox

Not widely accepted

Hirsuite

Covered with hairs

Homily

Sermon, tedious lecture

Iconoclastic

Attacking cherished traditions

idolatry

Idol worship

imbroglio

Complicated situation

Immutable

Unchangeable