D's & E's

Question 1

Decorum

Answer 1

appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety

Question 2

deference

Answer 2

respect, courtesy

Question 3

deride

Answer 3

to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock

Question 4

dessicate

Answer 4

to dry out thoroughly

Question 5

desultory

Answer 5

jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

Question 6

diatribe

Answer 6

an abusive; condemnatory speech

Question 7

diffident

Answer 7

lacking self-confidence

Question 8

dilate

Answer 8

to make larger; to expand

Question 9

dilatory

Answer 9

intended to delay

Question 10

dilettante

Answer 10

someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

Question 11

dirge

Answer 11

a funeral hymn or mournful speech

Question 12

disabuse

Answer 12

to set right; to free from error

Question 13

discern

Answer 13

to perceive; to recognize

Question 14

discern

Answer 14

to perceive; to recognize

Question 15

disparate

Answer 15

fundamentally different; entirely unlike

Question 16

dissemble

Answer 16

to present a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions or character

Question 17

dissonance

Answer 17

a harsh and disagreeable combination; often of sounds

Question 18

dogma

Answer 18

a firmly held opinion; often a religious belief

Question 19

dogmatic

Answer 19

dictatorial in one’s opinions

Question 20

dupe

Answer 20

to deceive; a person who is easily deceived

Question 21

eclectic

Answer 21

selecting from or made up from a variety of sources

Question 22

efficacy

Answer 22

effectiveness

Question 23

elegy

Answer 23

a sorrowful poem or speech

Question 24

eloquent

Answer 24

persuasive and moving, especially in speech

Question 25

emulate

Answer 25

to copy; to try to equal or excel

Question 26

enervate

Answer 26

to reduce in strength

Question 27

engender

Answer 27

to product, to cause or bring about

Question 28

enigma

Answer 28

a puzzle; a mystery

Question 29

enumerate

Answer 29

to count, list or itemize

Question 30

ephemeral

Answer 30

lasting a short time

Question 31

equivocate

Answer 31

to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

Question 32

erratic

Answer 32

wandering and unpredictable

Question 33

erudite

Answer 33

learned, scholarly, bookish

Question 34

esoteric

Answer 34

known or understood by only a few

Question 35

estimable

Answer 35

admirable

Question 36

eulogy

Answer 36

speech in praise of someone

Question 37

euphemism

Answer 37

use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one

Question 38

exacerabate

Answer 38

to make worse

Question 39

exculpate

Answer 39

to clear from blame; to prove innocent

Question 40

exigent

Answer 40

urgent; requiring immediate action

Question 41

exonerate

Answer 41

to clear of blame

Question 42

explicit

Answer 42

clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression