Dispute, v., argue, contest, contend, question, impugn. (Assent.) Dispute, n., argument.de-bate, controversy, quarrel, disagreement. (Harmony.) Dissent, disagree, differ, vary. (Assent.) Distinct, clear, plain, obvious, different, separate. (Obscure, indistinct.) Distinguish, perceive, discern, mark out, divide, discriminate. Distinguished, famous, glorious, far-famed, noted, illustrious, eminent, celebrated. (Obscure, unknown, ordinary.) Distract, perplex, bewilder. (Calm, concentrate.) Distribute, allot, share, dispense, apportion, deal. (Collect.) Disturb,derange,discompose, agitate, rouse, interrupt, confuse, annoy, trouble, vex, worry. (Pacify, quiet.) Disuse, discontinuance, abolition, desuetude. (Use.) Divide, part, separate, distribute, deal out, sever, sunder. Divine, godlike, holy, heavenly, sacred, a parson, clergyman, minister. Do, effect, make, perform, accomplish, finish, transact. Docile, tractable, teachable, compliant, tame. (Stubborn.) Doctrine, tenet, articles of belief, creed, dogma, teaching. Doleful, dolorous, woe-begone, rueful, dismal, piteous. (Joyous.) Doom, n., sentence, verdict, judgment, fate, lot, destiny. Doubt, n.} uncertainty, suspense, hesitation, scruple, ambi guity. (Certainty.) Draw, pull, haul, drag, attract, inhale, sketch, describe.

Dread, n., fear, horror, terror, alarm, dismay, awe. (Boldness, assurance.) Dreadful, fearful, frightful, shocking, awful, horrible, horrid, terrific. Dress, n., clothing, attire, apparel, garments, costume, garb, livery. Drift, purpose, meaning, scope, aim, tendency, direction. Droll, funny, laughable, comic, whimsical, queer, amusing. (Solemn.) Drown, inundate,, swamp, submerge, overwhelm, engulf. Dry, a., arid, parched, lifeless, dull, tedious, uninteresting, meagre. (Moist, in-teresting, succulent.) Due, owing to, attributable to, just, fair, proper, debt, right. Dull, stupid, gloomy, sad, dismal, commonplace.(Bright.)

Dunce, simpleton, fool, ninny, idiot. (Sage.) Durable, lasting, permanent, abiding, continuing. (Ephemeral, perishable.) Dwell, stay, stop, abide, sojourn, linger, tarry. Dwindle, pine, waste, diminish, decrease, fall off. (Grow.)

Eager, hot, ardent, impassioned, forward, impatient. (Diffident.) Earn, acquire, obtain, win, gain, achieve. Earnest, a., ardent, serious, grave, solemn, warm. (Trifling.) Earnest, n., pledge, pawn. Ease, n., comfort, rest. (Worry.) Ease, ft, calm, alleviate, allay, mitigate, appease, assuage, pacify, disburden, rid. (Annoy, worry.) Easy, light, comfortable, unconstrained. (Difficult, hard.) Eccentric, irregular, anomalous, singular, odd, abnormal, wayward, particular, strange. (Regular, ordinary.) Economical, sparing, saving, provident, thrifty, frugal, careful, niggardly. (Wasteful.) Edge, border, brink, rim, brim, margin, verge. Efface, blot out, expunge, obliterate, wipe out, cancel, erase. Effect, n., consequence, result, issue, event, execution, operation. Effect, v., accomplish, fulfill, realize, achieve, execute, operate, complete. Effective, efficient, operative, serviceable. (Vain, ineffectual. ) Efficacy, efficiency, energy, agency, instrumentality. Efficient, effectual, effective, competent, capable, able, fitted. Eliminate, drive out, expel, thrust out, eject, cast out, oust, dislodge, banish, proscribe. Eloquence, oratory, rhetoric, declamation. Elucidate, make plain, explain, clear up, illustrate. Elude, evade, escape, avoid, shun.

Embarrass, perplex, entangle, distress, trouble. (Assist.) Embellish, adorn, decorate, bedeck, beautify, deck. (Disfigure.) Embolden, inspirit, animate, encourage, cheer, urge; impel, stimulate. (Discourage.) Eminent, distinguished, signal, conspicuous, noted, prominent, elevated, renowned, famous, glorious, illustrious. (Obscure, unknown.) Emit, give out, throw out, exhale, discharge, vent. Emotion, perturbation, agitation, trepidation, tremor, mental conflict. Employ, occupy, busy, take up with, engross. Employment, business, avocation, engagement, office, function, trade, profession, occupation, calling, vocation. Encompass, ft, encircle, surround, gird, beset. Encounter, attack, conflict, combat, assault, onset, engagement, battle, action. Encourage, countenance, sanction, support, foster, cherish, inspirit, embolden, animate, cheer, incite, urge, impel, stimulate. (Deter.) End, n., aim, object, purpose, result, conclusion, upshot, close, expiration, termination, extremity, sequel. Endeavor, attempt, try, essay, strive, aim. Endurance, continuation, duration, fortitude, patience, resignation.

Endure, v., last, continue, support, bear, sustain, suffer, brook, submit to, undergo. (Perish.) Enemy, foe, antagonist, adversary, opponent. (Friend.) Energetic, industrious, effectual, efficacious, powerful, binding, stringent, forcible, nervous. (Lazy.) Engage, employ, busy, occupy, attract, invite, allure, entertain, engross, take up, enlist. Engross, absorb, take up, busy, occupy, engage, monopolize. Engulf, swallow up, absorb, imbibe, drown, submerge, bury, entomb, overwhelm. Enjoin, order, ordain, appoint, prescribe. Enjoyment, pleasure, gratification. (Grief, sorrow, sadness.) Enlarge, increase, extend, augment, broaden, swell. (Diminish.) Enlighten, illumine, illuminate, instruct, inform. (Befog, becloud.) Enliven, cheer, vivify, stir up, animate, inspire, exhilarate. (Sadden, quiet.) Enmity, animosity, hostility, ill-will, maliciousness. (Friendship.) Enormous, gigantic, colossal, huge, vast, immense, prodigious. (Insignificant.) Enough, sufficient, plenty, abundance. (Want.) Enraged, infuriated, raging, wrathful. (Pacified.) Enrapture, enchant, fascinate, charm, captivate, bewitch. (Repel.) Enroll, enlist, list, register, record. Enterprise, undertaking, endeavor, venture, energy. Enthusiasm, earnest devotion, zeal, ardor. (Ennui, lukewarmness.) Enthusiast, fanatic, visionary.

Equal, equable, even, like, alike, uniform. (Unequal.) Eradicate, root out, extirpate, exterminate. Erroneous, incorrect, inaccurate, inexact. (Exact.) Error, blunder, mistake. (Truth.) Especially, chiefly, particularly, principally. (Generally.) Essay, dissertation, tract, treatise. Establish, build up, confirm. (Overthrow.) Esteem, regard, respect. (Contempt.) Estimate, appraise, appreciate, esteem, compute, rate. Estrangement, abstraction, alienation. Eternal, endless, everlasting. (Finite.) Evade, equivocate, prevaricate. Even, level, plain, smooth. (Uneven.) Event, accident, adventure, incident, occurrence. Evil, ill, harm, mischief, misfortune. (Good.) Exact, nice, particular, punctual. (Inexact.) Exalt, ennoble, dignify, raise. (Humble.) Examination, investigation, inquiry, research, search, scrutiny. Exceed, excel, outdo, surpass, transcend. (Fall short.) Exceptional, uncommon, rare, extraordinary. (Common.) Excite, awaken, provoke, rouse, stir up. (Lull.) Excursion, jaunt, ramble, tour, trip. Execute, fulfill, perform. Exempt, free, cleared. (Subject.) Exercise, practice. Exhaustive, thorough, complete. (Cursory.) Exigency, emergency. Experiment, proof, trial, test. Explain, expound, interpret, illustrate, elucidate. Express, declare, signify, utter, tell.