Delude：欺骗 Deluge：洪水，豪雨 

Decompose：使腐烂 Discompose：使失态，慌张 

Depredation：劫掠 Depreciation：贬值 

Deposition：免职，沉积 Disposition：处理，天性气质 

Demur: take exception, object. Demure: decorous; shy, bashful 

Dilatory: delaying; tardy, show Dilate: swell, distend , expand 

Disaffected: alienate the affection or loyalty of Unaffected: natural, genuine 

Decorum: orderliness, propriety Decoration: ornament 

Dinghy: a small boat Dingy: dirty, shabby, discolored 

Drudge: to do hard, menial, or monotonous work Dredge: a machine or barge for removing earth or silt 

Discomfit: upset, frustrate<>mollify Discomfort: make uncomfortable or uneasy 

Duplicity: the disguising of true; intentions by deceptive words or action Duplicate: to make double or two-fold or action 

Equanimity: 沉着，镇静 Equality： 均匀，同等 

Expire：期满，熄灭 Expiate：赎罪 

Edifice：大厦 Edification：陶冶 Orifice：小孔 

Eclipse：（日、月）蚀，失势 Ellipse：椭圆形 Ellipsis（ses）：省略法 

Exquisite：精致的 Perquisite：固定津贴 

Emancipation：释放，解脱 Emaciation：消瘦 Emasculate：weaken 

Equation：等式、方程式 Equitation：骑马术 

Elicit：引出，探出 Explicit：清楚明确的 

Exigency: requirements; urgent need Exiguous: scanty in amount 

Ecumenical: worldwide Empiricism: 经验主义 

Epigram: a short witty poem or saying Epilogue: a speech addressed to the spectators by an actor at the end of a play Episode: a unit of action in a dramatic or literary work; occurrence Epistle: one of the letters of the New Testament Epitaph: an inscription in memory of a dead person Epithet: a characterizing and often abusive word or phrase Epitome: abstract, summary; embodiment. 

Eddy: whirlpool, a circular current Ebb: the reflux of the tide toward the sea; a point or condition of decline