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- domesticity n. Life in or fondness for one's home and family.
- domicile n. The place where one lives.
- dominance n. Ascendancy.
- dominant adj. Conspicuously prominent.
- dominate v. To influence controllingly.
- domination n. Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority.
- domineer v. To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance.
- donate v. To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause.
- donator n. One who makes a donation or present.
- donee n. A person to whom a donation is made.
- donor n. One who makes a donation or present.
- dormant adj. Being in a state of or resembling sleep.
- doublet n. One of a pair of like things.
- doubly adv. In twofold degree or extent.
- dowry n. The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage.
- drachma n. A modern and an ancient Greek coin.
- dragnet n. A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water.
- dragoon n. In the British army, a cavalryman.
- drainage n. The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits,
trenches, pipes, etc.
- dramatist n. One who writes plays.
- dramatize v. To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner.
- drastic adj. Acting vigorously.
- drought n. Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause
vegetation to wither.
- drowsy adj. Heavy with sleepiness.
- drudgery n. Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation.
- dubious adj. Doubtful.
- duckling n. A young duck.
- ductile adj. Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread.
- duet n. A composition for two voices or instruments.
- dun v. To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment.
- duplex adj. Having two parts.
- duplicity n. Double-dealing.
- durance n. Confinement.
- duration n. The period of time during which anything lasts.
- duteous adj. Showing submission to natural superiors.
- dutiable adj. Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty.
- dutiful adj. Obedient.
- dwindle v. To diminish or become less.
- dyne n. The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second,
would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s.
- earnest adj. Ardent in spirit and speech.
- earthenware n. Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried
in the sun.
- eatable adj. Edible.
- ebullient adj. Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
- eccentric adj. Peculiar.
- eccentricity n. Idiosyncrasy.
- eclipse n. The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into
the shadow of another body.
- economize v. To spend sparingly.
- ecstasy n. Rapturous excitement or exaltation.
- ecstatic adj. Enraptured.
- edible adj. Suitable to be eaten.
- edict n. That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule
of action.
- edify v. To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion.
- editorial n. An article in a periodical written by the editor and
published as an official argument.
- educe v. To draw out.
- efface v. To obliterate.
- effect n. A consequence.
- effective adj. Fit for a destined purpose.
- effectual adj. Efficient.
- effeminacy n. Womanishness.
- effeminate adj. Having womanish traits or qualities.
- effervesce v. To bubble up.
- effervescent adj. Giving off bubbles of gas.
- effete adj. Exhausted, as having performed its functions.
- efficacious adj. Effective.
- efficacy n. The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the
production of it.
- efficiency n. The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge
for the performance of a duty.
- efficient adj. Having and exercising the power to produce effects
or results.
- efflorescence n. The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance.
- efflorescent adj. Opening in flower.
- effluvium n. A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or
putrefying matter.
- effrontery n. Unblushing impudence.
- effulgence n. Splendor.
- effuse v. To pour forth.
- effusion n. an outpouring.
- egoism n. The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness
of self.
- egoist n. One who advocates or practices egoism.
- egotism n. Self-conceit.
- egotist n. One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling
of his own views and experiences.
- egregious adj. Extreme.
- egress n. Any place of exit.
- eject v. To expel.
- elapse v. To quietly terminate: said of time.
- elasticity n. That property of matter by which a body tends to return
to a former shape after being changed.
- electrolysis n. The process of decomposing a chemical compound by
the passage of an electric current.
- electrotype n. A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin.
- elegy n. A lyric poem lamenting the dead.
- element n. A component or essential part.
- elicit v. To educe or extract gradually or without violence.
- eligible adj. Qualified for selection.
- eliminate v. To separate and cast aside.
- Elizabethan adj. Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her
era.
- elocution n. The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture
in public speaking or reading.
- eloquent adj. Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in
lofty and impassioned speech.
- elucidate v. To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.
- elude v. To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice.
- elusion n. Evasion.
- emaciate v. To waste away in flesh.
- emanate v. To flow forth or proceed, as from some source.
- emancipate v. To release from bondage.
- embargo n. Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special
trade.
- embark v. To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.
- embarrass v. To render flustered or agitated.
- embellish v. To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or
ornamental features.
- embezzle v. To misappropriate secretly.
- emblazon v. To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
- emblem n. A symbol.
- embody v. To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact
or visible form.
- embolden v. To give courage to.
- embolism n. An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel.
- embroil v. To involve in dissension or strife.
- emerge v. To come into view or into existence.
- emergence n. A coming into view.
- emergent adj. Coming into view.
- emeritus adj. Retired from active service but retained to an honorary
position.
- emigrant n. One who moves from one place to settle in another.
- emigrate v. To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose
of settling or residing in another.
- eminence n. An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character,
condition, etc.
- eminent adj. High in station, merit, or esteem.
- emit v. To send or give out.
- emphasis n. Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act,
or stress laid upon some word.
- emphasize v. To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness
upon a word, or a group of words.
- emphatic adj. Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an
act, word, or set of words.
- employee n. One who works for wages or a salary.
- employer n. One who uses or engages the services of other persons
for pay.
- emporium n. A bazaar or shop.
- empower v. To delegate authority to.
- emulate v. To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.
- enact v. To make into law, as by legislative act.
- enamor v. To inspire with ardent love.
- encamp v. To pitch tents for a resting-place.
- encomium n. A formal or discriminating expression of praise.
- encompass v. To encircle.
- encore n. The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or
performance.
- encourage v. To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.
- encroach v. To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the
possessions of another.
- encumber v. To impede with obstacles.
- encyclical adj. Intended for general circulation.
- encyclopedia n. A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive
of one subject.
- endanger v. To expose to peril.
- endear v. To cause to be loved.
- endemic adj. Peculiar to some specified country or people.
- endue v. To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual.
- endurable adj. Tolerable.
- endurance n. The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress
of any kind without succumbing.
- energetic adj. Working vigorously.
- enervate v. To render ineffective or inoperative.
- enfeeble v. To debilitate.
- enfranchise v. To endow with a privilege, especially with the right
to vote.
- engender v. To produce.
- engrave v. To cut or carve in or upon some surface.
- engross v. To occupy completely.
- enhance v. To intensify.
- enigma n. A riddle.
- enjoin v. To command.
- enkindle v. To set on fire.
- enlighten v. To cause to see clearly.
- enlist v. To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.
- enmity n. Hatred.
- ennoble v. To dignify.
- enormity n. Immensity.
- enormous adj. Gigantic.
- enrage v. To infuriate
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