- 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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