Beautiful Words

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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


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