Deride to*ridicule,*to*mock
Desiccated dried*up
Despicable contemptible*hateful
Desultory wandering*from*subject*to*subject
Deviate to*turn*aside
Diadem a*crown
Diaphanous very*sheer*and*light
Dichotomy a*division*into*two*parts
Ebullient enthusiastic
Eclectic choosing*from*various*sources
Edify to*improve*someone*morally
Effete worn*out;*barren
Egregious remarkably*bad;*outrageous
Elegy a*sad*or*mournful*poem
Elicit to*draw*forth;*to*call