deride
to ridicule, 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
electic
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; call forth