Word |
Defination |
| Ailurophile | A cat-lover |
| Assemblage | A gathering |
| Becoming | Attractive |
| Beleaguer | To exhaust with attacks |
| Brood | To think alone |
| Bucolic | In a lovely rural setting |
| Bungalow | A small, cozy cottage |
| Chatoyant | Like a cat's eye |
| Comely | Attractive |
| Conflate | To blend together |
| Cynosure | A focal point of admiration |
| Dalliance | A brief love affair |
| Demesne | Dominion, territory |
| Demure | Shy and reserved |
| Denouement | The resolution of a mystery |
| Desuetude | Disuse |
| Desultory | Slow, sluggish |
| Diaphanous | Filmy |
| Dissemble | Deceive |
| Dulcet | Sweet, sugary |
| Ebullience | Bubbling enthusiasm |
| Effervescent | Bubbly |
| Efflorescence | Flowering, blooming |
| Elision | Dropping a sound or syllable in a word |
| Elixir | A good potion |
| Eloquence | Beauty and persuasion in speech |
| Embrocation | Rubbing on a lotion |
| Emollient | A softener |
| Ephemeral | Short-lived |
| Epiphany | A sudden revelation |
| Erstwhile | At one time, for a time |
| Ethereal | Gaseous, invisible but detectable |
| Evanescent | Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time |
| Evocative | Suggestive |
| Fetching | Pretty |
| Felicity | Pleasantness |
| Forbearance | Withholding response to provocation |
| Fugacious | Fleeting |
| Furtive | Shifty, sneaky |
| Gambol | To skip or leap about joyfully |
| Glamour | Beauty |
| Gossamer | The finest piece of thread, a spider's silk |
| Halcyon | Happy, sunny, care-free |
| Harbinger | Messenger with news of the future |
| Imbrication | Overlapping and forming a regular pattern |
| Imbroglio | An altercation or complicated situation |
| Imbue | To infuse, instill |
| Incipient | Beginning, in an early stage |
| Ineffable | Unutterable, inexpressible |
| Ingénue | A naive young woman |
| Inglenook | A cozy nook by the hearth |
| Insouciance | Blithe nonchalance |
| Inure | To become jaded |
| Labyrinthine | Twisting and turning |
| Lagniappe | A special kind of gift |
| Lagoon | A small gulf or inlet |
| Languor | Listlessness, inactivity |
| Lassitude | Wariness, listlessness |
| Leisure | Free time |
| Lilt | To move musically or lively |
| Lissome | Slender and flexible |
| Lithe | Slender and flexible |
| Love | Deep affection |
| Mellifluous | Sweet sounding |
| Moiety | One of two equal parts |
| Mondegreen | A slip of the ear |
| Murmurous | Murmuring |
| Nemesis | An unconquerable archenemy |
| Offing | The sea between the horizon and the offshore |
| Onomatopoeia | A word that sounds like its meaning |
| Opulent | Lush, luxuriant |
| Palimpsest | A manuscript written over earlier ones |
| Panacea | A solution for all problems |
| Panoply | A complete set |
| Pastiche | An art work combining materials from various sources |
| Penumbra | A half-shadow |
| Petrichor | The smell if earth after rain |
| Plethora | A large quantity |
| Propinquity | An inclination |
| Pyrrhic | Successful with heavy losses |
| Quintessential | Most essential |
| Ratatouille | A spicy French stew |
| Ravel | To knit or unknit |
| Redolent | Fragrant |
| Riparian | By the bank of a stream |
| Ripple | A very small wave |
| Scintilla | A spark or very small thing |
| Sempiternal | Eternal |
| Seraglio | Rich, luxurious oriental palace or harem |
| Serendipity | Finding something nice while looking for something else. |
| Summery | Light, delicate or warm sunny |
| Sumptuous | Lush, luxurious |
| Surreptitious | Secretive, sneaky |
| Susquehanna | A river in Pennsylvania |
| Susurrous | Whispering, hissing |
| Talisman | A good luck charm |
| Tintinnabulation | Tinkling |
| Umbrella | Protection from sun or rain |
| Untoward | Unseemly, inappropriate |
| Vestigial | In trace amounts |
| Wafture | Waving |
| Wherewithal | The means |
| Woebegone | Sorrowful, downcast |
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