list by alpha dictionary

• 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: silmy.
• 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.
• bestigial: in trace amounts.
• wafture: waving.
• wherewithal: the means.
• woebegone: sorrowful, downcast.