Words you must know - 2

This is the second list.

1. disabuse: persuade someone that an idea or belief is mistaken
   
2. discern: recognize or be aware of
   
3. disparate: very different in kind
   
4. dissemble: hide or disguise one's motives or feelings
   
5. dissonant: lacking harmony
   
6. dogma: a principle or principles laid sown by an authority and intended to be accepted without question
   
7. dogmatic: firmly putting one's opinions as true
   
8. dupe: to deceive
   
9. eclectic: deriving ideas or style from a wide range of sources
   
10. efficacy: effectiveness
    
11. elegy: a sad poem
    
12. eloquent: clearly expressive
    
13. emulate: to copy; imitate
    
14. enervate: cause to feel drained of energy
    
15. engender: give rise to
    
16. enigma: difficult to understand
    
17. enumerate: enlist
    
18. ephemeral: short lived
    
19. equivocate: use language that can be understood in more than way in order to avoid truth
    
20. erratic: not regular in pattern
    
21. erudite: learned; scholar
    
22. esoteric: intended for or understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge
    
23. eulogy: song of praise
    
24. euphemism: use a less direct word instead of a harsh or blunt one when referring to something unpleasant or embarassing
    
25. exacerbate: make worse
    
26. exculpate: declare not guilty
    
27. exonerate: declare not guilty
28. explicit: clear and detailed
    
29. fanatic: a person with extreme enthusiasm; zealot
    
30. fawn: try to gain favour by flattery
    
31. fervid: fervent
    
32. florid: over-elaborate
    
33. frugality: sparing with money or food
    
34. garrulous: talkative
    
35. gregarious: sociable
    
36. guile: cunning intelligence
    
37. gullible: easily persuaded to believe something
    
38. homogeneous: made up of parts of the same kind
    
39. iconoclast: a person who attacks popular beliefs or established values and practices
    
40. imperturbable: unable to be upset or disturbed
    
41. impervious: impenetrable
    
42. implacable: unable to be pacified
    
43. inchoate: just begun
    
44. ingenuous: innocent and frank
    
45. inimical: harmful; hostile
    
46. innocuous: harmless
    
47. insipid: lacking flavour
    
48. intransigent: refusing to change one's views or behaviour
    
49. inundate: flood; myriad; plethora
    
50. irascible: hot tempered