Beautiful Words
Wherewithal
"by means of which"
Ratatouille
A french spicy stew
Lagniappe
A special kind of gift
Imbroglio
An altercation of complicated situation
Pastiche
An artwork combining materials from different sources
Insouciance
Blithe [joyous] nonchalance
Ebullience
Bubbling enthusiasm
Serendipity
Finding something nice without looking for it
Ethereal
Gaseous, invisible but detectable
Diaphanous
Light, delicate, and translucent
Surreptitious
Secretive, sneaky
Desuetude
The resolution of a mystery
Labyrinthe
Twisting and turning
Evanescent
Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time
Forbearance
Withholding response to provocation
Dalliance
a brief love affair
Ailurophile
a cat lover
Panoply
a complete set
Inglenook
a cozy nook between the hearth
Cynosure
a focal point of admiration
Penumbra
a half shadow
Plethora
a large quantity
Palimpsest
a manuscript written over earlier ones
Ingenue
a naive young woman
Emollient
a softener
Panacea
a solution for all problems
Scintilla
a spark or very small thing
Erstwhile
at one time
Becoming
attractive
Comely
attractive
Eloquence
beauty in persuasion and speech
Incipient
beginning
Effervescent
bubbly
Riparian
by the bank of a stream
Dissemble
conceal one's true feelings
Elision
dropping a sound or syllable in a word
Effeminacy
escribes traits in a human male that are more often associated with feminine nature, behaviour, mannerisms
Sempiternal
eternal
Fugacious
fleeting
Redolent
fragrant
Talisman
good luck charm
Bucolic
in a lovely rural setting
Vestigal
in trace amounts
Languor
inactivity, lassitude
Chatoyant
like a cat's eye
Opulent
lush, luxuriant
Sumptuous
lush, luxurious
Harbringer
messenger with words from the future
Mondegreen
misinterpretation of something heard
Quintessential
most essential
Imbrication
overlapping and forming a regular pattern
Felicity
pleasantness
Fetching
pretty
Propinquity
proximity, nearness
Attenuate
reduce the force, effect, or value of.
Seraglio
rich, luxurious
Embrocation
rubbing on a lotion
Ephemeral
short-lived
Demure
shy and reserved
Lithe
slender and flexible
Lissome
slender and graceful
Furtive
sneaky, shifty
Ostensible
stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
Pyrrhic
success with heavy losses
Evocative
suggestive
Halcyon
sunny, carefree
Dulcet
sweet and sugary
Mellifluous
sweet sounding
Demesne
territory
Gossamer
the finest piece of thread, a spider's silk
Offing
the sea between the horizon and offshore
Petrichor
the smell of earth after rain
Tintinabbulation
tinkering
Inure
to become [jaded], dulled by overindulgence
Conflate
to blend together
Beleagur
to exhaust with attacks
Imbue
to infuse, distill
Ravel
to knit or unknit
Lilt
to move musically or lively
Gambol
to skip or leap about joyfully
Ineffable
unexpressable
Untoward
unseemly, inappropriate
Wafture
waving
Lassitude
weariness, inactivity, languor
Susurrous
whispering, hissing
