- Adieu – goodbye; farewell; the act of leaving or departing
- Altruistic – unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others
- Beleaguer – to exhaust with words
- Benevolent – characterized by expressing good will or kindly feelings; charitable
- Brood – to think alone
- Bucolic – in a lovely, rural setting
- Bungalow – a small, cozy cottage
- Celestial – pertaining to the sky or visible heaven; heavenly; divine
- Cerebral – betraying or characterized by the use of the intellect rather than intuition and instinct
- Chandelier – a decorative or ornate light fixture suspended from the ceiling
- Cornucopia – an abundant, overflowing supply
- Comely – attractive
- Cynosure – a focal point of admiration
- Dalliance – a brief love affair
- Demure – shy and reserved
- Denouement – the resolution of a mystery
- Desuetude – disuse
- Desultory – slow, sluggish
- Diaphanous – filmy
- Droplet – a little drop
- Dulcet – sweet, sugary
- Earthenware – pottery of baked or hardened clay
- Ebullience – bubbling enthusiasm
- Eclectic – selecting or choosing from various sources; not following any one system, but selecting and following the best elements from various systems
- Effervescence – bubbly
- Efflorescence – flowering, blooming
- Elixir – a good potion
- Eloquence – beauty or persuasion in speech
- Elysian – blissful, delightful
- Embrocation – rubbing on a lotion
- Emollient – a softener
- Ephemeral – short-lived
- Epiphany – a sudden revelation
- Epitome – a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class
- Erstwhile – at one time, for a time
- Ethereal – gaseous, invisible but detectable
- Euphonious – pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear; sweet
- Evanescent – vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time
- Evocative – suggestive
- Fetching – pretty
- Felicity – pleasantness
- Firmament – the vault of heaven; sky;
- Fugacious – fleeting
- Gambol – to skip or leap about joyfully
- Gossamer – the finest piece of thread, a spider’s silk
- Gracious – pleasantly kind
- Grandeur – impressive; lofty; elevated
- Halcyon – happy, sunny, care-free
- Harbinger – messenger with news of the future
- Haven – a harbor or port; any place of shelter or safety; refuge
- Illumination – a decoration of lights, usually colored; to illuminate
- Illustrious – highly distinguished; renowned; famous; glorious
- Imbrication – overlapping and forming a regular pattern
- Imbroglio – an altercation or complicated situation
- Imbue – to infuse, instill
- Incandescence – the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature
- Ineffable – unutterable, inexpressible
- Insouciance – blithe nonchalance
- Inure – to become jaded
- Labyrinthine – twisting and turning
- Lagoon – a small gulf or inlet
- Languid – lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow; lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent; drooping or flagging from weakness or fatigue; faint
- Languor – listlessness, inactivity
- Lassitude – weariness, listlessness
- Lilt – to move musically or lively
- Lissome – slender and graceful
- Lithe – slender and flexible
- Lucid – easily understood; comprehensible; characterized by a clear perception or understanding; rational or sane; shining or bright
- Meander – to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course; to wander aimlessly; ramble
- Mellifluous – sweet sounding
- Moiety – one of two equal parts
- Mondegreen – a slip of the ear
- Murmurous – murmuring
- Nycthemeron – the natural day and night or space of twenty-four hours
- Opaque – not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not shining or bright; dark; dull
- Opulent – lush, luxuriant
- Palooka – a stupid, clumsy person
- Panacea – a solution for all problems
- Panoply – a complete set
- Paradisaical – relating to or befitting Paradise
- Pastiche – an artwork combining materials from various sources
- Penumbra – a half shadow
- Petrichor – the smell of earth after rain
- Philanthropic – giving; showing concern for humanity; charitable
- Phosphorescence – the property of being luminous at temperatures below incandescence, as from slow oxidation in the case of phosphorous or after exposure to light or other radiation; a luminous appearance resulting from this; a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation producing has stopped
- Pique – to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride; to wound; to excite
- Plethora – a large quantity
- Quintessential – most essential
- Quiver – to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate or tremble
- Ratatouille – a spicy French stew
- Rationale – the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something; a statement of reasons
- Ravel – to knit or unknit
- Redolent – fragrant
- Repose – the state of being at rest; sleep; peace; tranquility; calm; dignified calmness; composure; to lie dead; to be peacefully calm and quiet
- Requiem – any musical service, hymn, or dirge for the repose of the dead
- Riparian – by the bank of a stream
- Ripple – a very small wave
- Sagacity – acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment; keen perception; ability to make good decisions
- Scintillating – animated; vivacious; witty; brilliantly clever
- 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
- Serenity – the state or quality of being serene; calm or tranquil
- Shards – a fragment, especially of broken earthenware;
- Shimmer – to shine or reflect with a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly
- Silhouette – the outline or general shape of something; a dark image outlined against a lighter background
- Splendor – brilliant or gorgeous in appearance; magnificence
- Succulent – juicy, rich in desirable qualities; affording mental nourishment
- Sumptuous – lush, luxurious
- Superfluous – being more than is sufficient or required; excessive; unnecessary; needless
- Surreptitious – secretive, sneaky
- Susurrous – whispering, hissing
- Talisman – a good luck charm
- Timorous – full of fear; timid
- Tintinnabulation – tinkling
- Translucent – clear; transparent; easily understandable; lucid
- Tremulous – characterized by trembling
- Veranda – a large, open porch
- Vestigial – in trace amounts
- Vivacious – lively; animated; gay;
- Wherewithal – the means
- Woebegone – sorrowful, downcast
- Zephyr – a gentle, mild breeze; any of the various things of fine, light quality, as fabric, yarn, etc.
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