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.

•tintinnabulation

•diaphanous

•bed

•serendipity

•clapham

•tertiary

•home •petrichor

•zonda/zephyr

•chatoyant

•diaphanous

•purr

•bathsheba

•be

•ethereal

•inglenook

•flotilla

•shy

•flimsy

•cornucopia

•penumbra

•onomatopoeia

•maruecas

•peace

•she

•ENGLISH

•ostensibly

•mummer

•injurious

•facetious

•epistomology

•wanderlust

•cocksure

•urbane

•dichotomy

•Tyrannosaurus

•cladistics

•debauched

•palimpsest

•clumpy

•egress

•phwoah

•albeit

•peduncle

•infructescence

•tesserae

•noctilucent

•testy

•bilious

•dyspeptic

•capricious

•flexure

•petrichor

•malapert

•grionage

•alluvial

•heuristics

•otolith

•banana

•demonstrably

•arabesque

•borborygmi

•ethereal

•paroxysm

•crepuscular

•chauffeur

•luncheon

•modicum

•yurt

•atavistic

•fathom

•ossified

•dilettante

•labyrinth

•persnickety

•odalisque

•amaranth

•ephemeral

•moustachioed

•schist

•declasse

•injurious

•quandary

•trefoil

•flotilla

•schwa

•auspicious

•dirigible

•clenches

•meander

•apothecary

•cacophony

•cylindrical

•clandestine

•somnambulence

•drubbing

•ersatz

•melancholia

•dulcimer

•omnishambles

•deodorant (or just odorant)

•sewer (it means two completely different things...)

•console (I love both meanings)

•NOT ENGLISH

•flaneur

•pomplemousse (sp?)

•milieu

•smorgasbord

•kitsune

•hikikomori

•brioche

•zeitgeist

•tokonoma

•absinthe

•cochere

•abekku