Ailurophile A cat-lover.
Becoming Attractive.
Brood To think alone.
Bungalow A small, cozy cottage.
Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye.
Conflate To blend together.
Cynosure A focal point of admiration.
Dalliance A brief love affair.
Denouement The resolution of a mystery.
Dulcet Sweet, sugary.
Effervescent Bubbly.
Efflorescence Flowering, blooming.
Elixir A good potion.
Eloquence Beauty and persuasion in speech.
Embrocation Rubbing on a lotion.
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.
Furtive Shifty, sneaky.
Glamour Beauty.
Harbinger Messenger with news of the future.
Inure To become jaded.
Ingenue A naïve young woman.
Labyrinthine Twisting and turning.
Lagniappe A special kind of gift.
Lilt To move musically or lively.
Lissome Slender and graceful.
Lithe Slender and flexible.
Love Deep affection.
Mellifluous Sweet sounding.
Nemesis An unconquerable archenemy.
Offing The sea between the horizon and the offshore.
Opulent Lush, luxuriant.
Panacea A solution for all problems
Petrichor The smell of earth after rain.
Plethora A large quantity.
Quintessential Most essential.
Ratatouille A spicy French stew.
Ravel To knit or unknit.
Redolent Fragrant.
Sempiternal Eternal.
Serendipity Finding something nice while looking for something else.
Summery Light, delicate or warm and sunny.
Sumptuous Lush, luxurious.
Surreptitious Secretive, sneaky.
Susurrous Whispering, hissing.
Talisman A good luck charm.
Tintinnabulation Tinkling.
Wherewithal The means.
Woebegone Sorrowful, downcast.
2 comments:
i love love love this. where is this from? Did you write this? Or is this a dictionary page?
posh: sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious
what's better than this word, is where this word originated.
ships traveling to and from India in the 1930's had different ranks of cabins for seating. the most desirable, and expensive, seats stated P.O.S.H. on the tickets. Abbreviating "Port Out, Starboard Home".
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