dilapidated

(adjective)

Def: Fallen into disrepair or partial ruin, usually through neglect

Syn: deteriorated, seedy

Ant: shipshape, unspoiled

Forms: (verbs) dilapidate; (noun) dilapidation

dilatory

(adjective)

Def: Inclined to put things off; intended to postpone something

Syn: tardy, laggard, dilly-dallying

Ant: prompt, expeditious

Forms: (noun) dilatoriness, (adverb) dilatority

diligent

(adjective)

Def: Hardworking; thorough and persistent

Syn: assiduous, indefatigable

Ant: slothful, indolent

Forms: (noun); (adverb) diligently

dire

(adjective)

Def: a.   Dreadful or disastrous; bleak or cheerless      b. urgent

Syn: grievous, dismal

Ant: beneficial, insignificant

Forms: (check book)

discomfit

(verb)

Def:    a. to defeat or frustrate completely   b. to perplex, confuse, or embarrass completely

Syn: trounce, disconcert

Ant: lose to; reassure

Forms: (noun) discomfiture

discourse

(noun & verb)

Def:   a. an oral exchange of ideas or conversation; a lengthy discussion, either written or spoken  b. to talk about or discuss at length

Syn: lecture, expand (on)

Ant: abstract, synopsis

Forms: (adjective) discursive

discriminate

(verb)

Def:   a. To distinguish between two or more things, often by perceiving minute differences  b. to behave unfairly toward a person or group because of prejudice

Syn: differentiate, discern

Forms: (noun) discrimination; (adjectives) discriminating

disparage

(verb)

Def: to speck slightingly of or undervalue

Syn: belittle, decry

Ant: magnify, enhance

Forms: (Noun) disparagement (adjective) disparaging

disparity

(noun)

Def: Difference or inequality, as of age, character, or quality

Syn:disproportion, dissimilarity 

Ant: likeness, equality

Forms: (adj) disparate; (adv) disparately

distraught

(adj)

Def: deeply distressed or agitated

Syn: frantic, perturbed

Ant:calm, impassive

divulge

(verb)

Def: to make known; to make public

Syn: reveal, impart

Ant: conceal, hide

Forms: (noun) disulgence

docile

(adj)

Def: easy to manage, teach, train or discipline

Syn: submissive, obedient

Ant: headstrong, perverse

Forms: (noun) docility; (adverb) docilely

dormant

(adj)

Def: inactive, as if in sleep; suspended in use, growth, or develpoment

Syn: latent, torpid

Ant: vigorous, volatile

Forms: (noun) dormancy

drastic

(adj)

Def: violently forceful and swift; extreme

Syn: rigorous, severe

Ant: feeble, mild

Forms: (adv) drastically

duplicity

(noun)

Def: deliberate deception in speech or conduct

Syn: trickery, chicanery

Ant: honesty, integrity

Forms: (adj) duplicitous

eclectic

(adjective and noun)

Def: a. Choosing what seems best from various sources   b. one whose opinions and beliefs are drawn from various sources

Syn: selective, synthesized

Ant: uniform, monolithic

Forms: (noun) electicism

effete

(adj)

efficacious

(adj)

Def: capable of producing the desired effect

Syn: effective, efficient 

Ant: inefficient, inadequate

Forms: (noun)efficacy (adj)efficaciously

effrontery

(noun)

Def: Shamless boldness

Syn: audacity, temerity

Ant: shyness, diffidence

elicit

(verb)

Def: to draw out or call forth

Syn: evoke, prompt

elite

(noun & adj)

Def: a. (noun) a highly select group of superior individual     b. (adj) select;superior

Syn: crème de la crème, aristocracy

Ant: masses, hoi polloi

Forms: (noun) elitism; (adj) elitist

emaciated

(adj)

Def: wasted or reduced by starvation, disease, or the like

Syn: gaunt, haggard 

Ant: corpulent, obese

Forms: (noun) emaciation; (verb) emaciate

emanate

(verb)

Def: a. to flow out of    b. to send forth

Syn: emit, issue 

Ant: absorb, attract

Forms: (noun) emanation

embellish

(verb)

Def: to decorate or enhance

Syn: adorn, garnish    

Ant: mar, disfigure

Forms: (noun) embellishment

eminent

(adj)

Def: a. high in rank; distinguished    b. outstanding; conspicuous

Syn: prominent, illustrious

Ant: obscure, undistinguished

Forms: (noun) eminence; (adv) eminently

empathy

(noun)

Def: a sympathetic understanding of, or indentification with, the feelings, thoughts, and attitudes of someone or something else

Syn: sympathy, compassion 

Ant: insensitivity, callousness

Forms: (adj) empathic, (verb) empathize

emulate

(verb)

Def: to try to equal or excel the excellence of

Syn: imitate, rival

Forms: emulation, emulator

enclave

(noun)

Def: a. country or area lying wholly within the boundaries of another country or area    b. a separate group or community within a larger group or community

Syn: enclosure, precinct

endemic

(adj)

Def: peculiar to a particular locality or group of people

Syn: indigenous, native

Ant: alien, foreign

Forms: (adj) endemical

enigma

(noun)

Def: . an intentionally obscure staement; a riddle    b. someone or something that is puzzeling or mysterious

Syn: mystery, dilemma

Forms: (adj) enigmatic, enigmatical

Latin

Define de, dis, and, cur

de=away,off, down

dis=away from, apart

cur=run