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distraught." Sherwood Anderson, "Sophistication"

diversity

"Mr. Oates said this rare document belonged in Queens because it is the center of ethnic diversity for this country."

New York Times, 1/5/00

divulged

"The DNA tests divulged enough evidence to free him from death row." Newsweek, 2/17/98

docile

"How long can they remain docile, living under such terrible oppression?" Business Week, 6/16/98

doddering

"The image of the aged as suffering from memory loss and doddering mobility is far from accurate." AARP Magazine, 9/99

doleful

"The patients were left in doleful plight, as the whole country resounded with the consequent cry of 'hard times'." Washington Irving, "The Devil and Tom Walker"

domicile

"At night he returned peaceably enough to his lonesome domicile." Theodore Dreiser, "The Lost Phoebe"

dormant

"The disease may lie dormant for years before becoming active and dangerous." Johns Hopkins Health Letter, 5/97

dregs

"Some certain dregs of conscience are yet within me." William Shakespeare, Richard III

drudgery

"And then she came to find the paralytic aunthouseworkjanitor's drudgery." Anzia Yezierska, "Hunger"

dubious

"Many scientists say its experimental merits are dubious." Margaret Wente, "Fifth Column," Globe and Mail, Toronto, 5/27/99

dulcet

"Her dulcet tones and intelligent reading of the story captivated the hearers." "Our Town," New York Times, 10/7/99

duped

"Barnum knew the American public loved to be duped." W. L. Phelps, American Entrepreneurs

duplicity

"The duplicity of which he had been guilty weighed on his spirit." H. C. Bunner, "Our Aromatic Uncle"

duress

"Under duress she was forced to admit having lied during a 1994 deposition in her breach of contract law suit." Associated Press report, Newsday, 6/24/99

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edifice

"My love was like a fair house built on another man's ground so that I have lost my edifice by mistaking the place where I erected it." William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

efficacy

"He runs his office with the greatest efficacy." Sally Quinn, Chicago Sun Times, 12/9/79

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had supplanted his predecessor." Edith Wharton, The Descent of Man [adapted]

elicit

"The experimental animal obviously hoped to elicit a reproduction of the pleasurable sensations he had experienced under laboratory conditions." Loren Eiseley, "Man and Porpoise"

elucidate

"The Secretary of State tried to elucidate the government's policies in the troubled Middle East." New York Times, 5/7/98

elusive

"In his appearance there was something attractive and elusive which allured women and disposed them in his favour." Anton Chekhov, "The Lady with the Dog"

emaciated

"Twiggy, whose fame was related to her emaciated look, is now better known for her singing and dramatic talent." Play review, New Jersey Star Ledger, 5/12/99

embellished

"The prioress may not have told the correct story in all its details and she may even have embellished the story a little bit to make it more attractive." Lin Yutang, "The Jade Goddess"

eminent

"It was unbelievable that a man so eminent would actually sit in our dining room and eat our food." V.S. Pritchett, "The Saint"

emissary

"The mayor sent an emissary to the striking teachers in the hope of starting negotiations." Jewell Bellush and Dick Netzer, Urban Politics

emitted

"The smoke that was emitted when the bomb went off made some think it was a firecracker but I thought it was a revolver shot." Journal of Andre Gide, Vol. I

emulate

"Her companions she loved and admired but could not emulate for they knew things she did not." Rose Macaulay,

The World My Wilderness

encomiums

"Isn't it sad that we receive our highest encomiums after we are gone and unable to enjoy them?" James Farley, quoted in Ruffles and Flourishes

encumbrance

"Maxim decided to dispose of the encumbrance of a whining wife and three disrespectful teenagers by leaving silently in the dead of the night." Everett Dodds, Greener Pastures [adapted]

engrossed

"The wasp was engrossed utterly in her task." Alan Devoe, "The Mad Dauber"

enhance

"Her breadth of experience and determination to enhance her knowledge have increased her value to Con Edison." Con Edison Report, Producing Excellence, 1998

enigma

"He was an enigmaby this I mean that he did not look soldierly nor financial nor artistic nor anything definite at all." Max Beerbohm, "A.V. Laider"