| Term | Definition |
|---|
| dearth | a lack, a scarcity |
| decorousness | proper behavior |
| decorum | appropriate conduct, correct and proper behavior |
| deleterious | harmful; dangerous; injurious |
| depravity | moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act |
| derision | scoffing at, mockery, ridicule |
| despondency | depression, dejection |
| despotic | ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical |
| discern | to differentiate between two or more things |
| duplicity | double-dealing, hypocrisy |
| edifice | a very large building |
| effervescent | showing high spirits |
| endow | to provide with income or property, to supply with a talent or quality |
| enmity | absolute hatred |
| entreaty | a plea, an earnest request |
| enumerate | to count one by one |
| erudite | scholarly |
| esoteric | understood only by a small group or a select few |
| estrange | to alienate, to separate |
| ethereal | heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible |
| eulogy | praise or tribute |
| evanescent | fleeting; impermanent |
| exigent | urgent, requiring immediate attention |
| expiate | to attone or to make amends for a sin or a crime |
| extant | still in existence |
| fervent | ardent, showing great emotion, impassioned |
| florid | flowery, flushed with color |
| foliage | leaves of a plant, leafage |
| forbearance | patience, lenience |
| foreboding | premonition of evil, an ominous omen |
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