| Term | Definition |
|---|
| dilatory | Tending to delay or procrastinate; intended to case delay or gain time. |
| dishabille | The state of undress. |
| doyen | The senior member of a group. |
| effete | Degenerate, decadent; without energy; sterile. |
| emolument | Profit, fees; compensation for services. |
| epicene | Feeble, weak; effeminate. |
| epigone | An undistinguished imitator or successor of an important writer, painter, etc. |
| excrescence | Abnormal outgrowth; a disfiguring addition; abnormal increase. |
| excursus | A detailed discussion; a digression as in narrative. |
| exegesis | Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, esp. the Bible. |
| exiguous | Scanty; meager; small; slender. |
| extempore | On the spur of the moment; without premeditation; by improvisation. |
| extirpate | to remove or destroy totally; exterminate; to pull up by the roots. |
| faineant | An idler; idle, indolent. |
| favonian | Mild or favorable; propitious. |
| fiat | Authoritate degree or sanction or order. |
| fiduciary | Of, based on, or in the nature of trust or confidence. |
| flagitious | Shamefully wicked; heinous or flagrant; infamous. |
| flaneur | Idler, dawdler, loafer. |
| frangible | Easily broken. |
| friable | Easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly. |
| fustian | Pompous or bombastic; worthless, cheap. |
| gelid | Very cold; icy. |
| gimcrack | Showy but useless. |
| gnomic | Pertaining to maxims. |
| gustatory | Pertaining to taste or tasting. |
| halcyon | peaceful; tranquil; prosperous; carefree. |
| heterodox | Unorthodox; holding unorthodox doctrines or opinions. |
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