The Most Beautiful Words

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 naïve 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                   Weariness, listlessness.
Leisure                       Free time.
Lilt                             To move musically or lively.
Lissome                      Slender and graceful.
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 of 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 and 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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