| Term | Definition |
|---|
| discerning | mentally quick and observant, having keen insight, perceptive, sensitive |
| discrepancy | inconsistency, disagreement (between facts, claims), difference |
| disdain | view with scorn or contempt, look down on despise |
| disparage | belittle, run down, sneer at |
| disparity | condition of inequality, difference, dissimilarity |
| disseminate | distribute, spread, disperse, scatter (as in sowing seeds) |
| divergent | tending to draw apart, differing, deviating |
| document | create a detailed record, provide written evidence, furnish with references to support statements |
| dogmatic | opinionated, arbitrary, dictatorial, doctrinal |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from different sources, choosing (what is best) from a variety of sources |
| elucidate | explain, clarify, shed light upon |
| elusive | evasive, baffling, hard to grasp or capture |
| embellish | adorn, ornament, make more beautiful, make a story more interesting by adding (untrue) details |
| emulate | imitate, attempt to equal or outdo, rival |
| endorse | approve, give public support |
| enhance | increase, improve, intensify, magnify, make more attractive or effective |
| ephemeral | short-lived, fleeting, transient |
| equivocal | ambiguous, intentionally misleading, open to more than one interpretation |
| erudite | learned, scholarly, possessing great knowledge |
| esoteric | hard to understand, known only to the chosen few (and therefore mysterious), secret |
| exacerbate | worsen, embitter, aggravate |
| exemplary | serving as a model, outstanding, worthy of imitation, illustrative |
| expedient | suitable, practical, politic, advantageous, profitable |
| explicit | totally clear, definite, clearly, outspoken, shown in realistic detail |
| extol | praise highly, glorify, laud exalt, eulogize |
| extraneous | not essential, superfluous, irrelevant, external, coming from outside |
| extricate | free, release from a difficulty, disentangle |
| exuberance | joyful enthusiasm, unrestrained vigor and joy, overflowing abundance, lavishness |
| fallacious | logically unsound, false, mistaken, misleading |
| fastidious | difficult to please, excessively particular, painstaking, squeamish |
| feasible | practical capable of being done, likely, realistic |
| fervor | glowing ardor, passionate intensity of feeling, earnestness of emotion |
| flagrant | conspicuously wicked, blatant, outrageous, egregious |
| frivolous | lacking in seriousness, self-indulgently carefree, relatively unimportant, silly trivial |
| furtive | sneaky, secret, surreptitious |
| garrulous | loquacious, talkative, wordy, gabby, chatty |
| gravity | seriousness or importance, solemnity |
| gregarious | sociable, seeking the company of others |
| guile | deceit, duplicity, wiliness, cunning |
| haughtiness | arrogance, overbearing pride, disdain toward one's supposed inferiors |
| heresy | opinion contrary to popular belief, opinion contrary to accepted religion, unorthodox doctrine |
| hierarchy | arrangement by rank or standing, authoritarian body organized into ranks |
| homogeneous | of the same nature or kind, uniform in composition |
| hyperbole | exaggeration, overstatement |
| hypothetical | based on assumption or hypotheses, supposed, theoretical, speculative, uncertain |
| immutable | unchangeable, changeless, static |
| abstract | theoretical, not concrete, nonrepresentational |
| impede | hinder, block, delay, obstruct, thwart |
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