| A | B |
|---|
| dogmatic | positive and emphatic in asserting opinions |
| dormant | lying asleep; in a state of rest |
| duplicity | deceitfulness |
| ebb | to decline |
| eclectic | consisting of selections from various sources |
| efface | to wipe out; to erase |
| effervescent | lively; giving off bubbles |
| egregious | extraordinarily bad |
| elucidate | to make clear |
| elusive | hard to grasp; baffling |
| embellish | to decorate; to elaborate upon |
| embroil | to involve in a quarrel |
| emulate | to try to equal or surpass |
| enervate | to weaken, to lesson the strenghth of |
| engender | to cause, produce, bring into being |
| enhance | to add to; to make greater in value |
| enigma | a puzzle; a baffling situation |
| ephemeral | lasting for only a short time |
| equanimity | evenness of temper |
| equivocate | to use double meanings in order to mislead; to be shifty; to quibble |
| esoteric | understood by only a select few |
| eulogy | high praise for a deceased person |
| euphemism | use of an indirect expression in place of one that is harsh |
| evanescent | gradually disappearing; fleeting |
| exacerbate | to make a situation worse; to irritate |
| exemplary | serving as a model |
| expedient | useful; advantageous; based on self-interest |
| expedite | to make easy and quick; to speed up |
| expunge | to erase; to remove completely |
| extol | to praise highly |
| facilitate | to make easy; to help bring about |
| fallacy | false idea; mistaken belief |
| fastidious | hard to please; dainty in taste |
| fervor | intense emotion; great warmth of feeling |
| fitful | spasmodic; intermittent |
| flagrant | outrageous; glaringly offensive |
| fledgling | newly developed; little known |
| forlorn | deserted; left alone and neglected; unhappy |
| formidable | hard to overcome; to be dreaded |
| fortuitous | happening by chance |
| furtive | done quickly and with stealth to avoid being noticed |
| galvanize | to arouse suddenly; to startle |
| garbled | confused; mixed up |
| garner | to gather and store away; to collect |
| garrulous | talkative |
| gratuitous | freely given; unnecessary; uncalled-for |
| guile | crafty deceit; cunning |
| gullible | easily deceived |
| hackneyed | used too often; trite; commonplace |
| haphazard | not planned; random |
