docile

(adj.) manageable; obedient; gentle

doggerel
(n.) verse characterized by forced rhyme and meter

dogma
(n.) a collection of beliefs

dogmatic
(adj.) stubborn; biased; opinionated

doughty
(adj.) brave and strong

dowdy
(adj.) shabby in appearance

dubious
(adj.) doubtful; uncertain; skeptical; suspicious

duress
(n.) imprisonment; the use of threats

earthy
(adj.) unrefined

ebullience
(n.) an overflowing of high spirits; effervescence

eccentric
(adj.) odd; peculiar; strange

ecclesiastic
(adj.) pertaining or relating to a church

eclectic
(adj.) picking from various possibilities; made up of material from various sources

edifice
(n.) a large building
edify
(v.) to build or establish

educe
(v.) to draw out; to infer from information

efface
(v.) to erase; to make inconspicuous

effervescence
(n.) liveliness; spirit; enthusiasm; bubbliness

effigy
(n.) the image or likeness of a person

effluvium (n.)
an outflow of vapor of invisible particles; a noxious odor

effrontery
(n.) arrogance

effusive
(adj.)overflowing

egocentric
(adj.) self-centered,viewing everything in relation to oneself

egress
(n.) a way out; exit

ellipsis
(n.) omission of words that would make the meaning clear

elucidate
(v.) to make clear; to explain

elusive
(adj.) hard to catch

emanate
(v.) to emit

embarkation
(v.) to engage or invest in
embellish
(v.) to improve by adding details

eminence
(n.) a lofty place; superiority

emollient
(adj.) softening or soothing to the skin

emulate
(v.) to try to equal or excel

enamored
(adj.) filled with love and desire

encumber
(v.) to hold back;to hinder; to burden, load down

Endemic
(adj.) native to a particular area;

enfeeble
(v.) to make weak

enfranchised
(v.) to free from obligation; to admit to citizenship

enigma
(n.) mystery; secret; perplexity

enigmatic
(adj.) baffling

ennui
(n.) boredom; apathy

eon
(n.) an indefinitely long period of time

ephemeral
(adj.) very short-lived; lasting only a short time

epicure
(n.) a person who has good taste in food and drink
epitaph
(n.) an inscription on a monument

epiphany
(n.) an appearance of a supernatural being

equinox
(n.) precise time when day and night is of equallength

equivocal
(adj.) doubtful; uncertain

equivocations
(n.) a purposely misleading statement

eradication
(n.) the act of annihilating, destroying, or erasing

erroneous
(adj.) untrue; inaccurate; not correct

eschew
(v.) to shun; to avoid

esoteric
(adj.) understood by only a chosen few; confidential

Erudite
(adj.) having a wide knowledge acquired through reading

ethereal
(adj.) very light; airy; heavenly; not earthly
euphony
(n.) pleasant combination of sounds

evanescent
(adj.) vanishing quickly, dissipating like vapor

evasion
(n.) the avoiding of a duty

evoke
(v.) to call forth; provoke

exculpate
(v.) to free from guilt
exhume
(v.) to unearth; to reveal

exigent
(adj.) a situation calling for immediate attention

exonerate
(v.) to declare or prove blameless

exorbitant
(adj.) going beyond what is reasonable

expedite
(v.) to hasten the action of

expunge
(v.) to blot out; to delete

extant
(adj.) existing

extraneous
(adj.) irrelevant; not related; not essential

extricable
(adj.) capable of being disentangled

exultation
(n.) the act of rejoicing