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    Accolade praise

    Allusion indirect reference

    Ambivalence uncertainty; having 'mixed' feelings

    Ambivalent unable to decide

    Analogy comparison

    Anecdote short account of something interesting; story

    Anomalous odd; not fitting the pattern

    Apparition ghost; something that 'appears'

    Aspersion negative feeling; damaging remark

    Belligerence aggression

    Bombastic too elaborate; exaggerated

    Candid truthful

    Capricious changeable; fickle

    Cherished cared for; firmly-held

    Cliche over-used expression

    Conception 1. idea; view. 2. beginning of pregnancy

    Convoluted complicated or long-winded

    Credence belief

    Cryptic hidden

    Currency 1. widespread acceptance, 2. money

    Decorous good and correct (used of behavior)

    Denunciation act of speaking out against

    Derailed thrown off course

    Derivative unoriginal

    Despotic acting like a tyrant

    Detritus rubbish

    Diaphanous very thin and transparent

    Dictum often-used saying

    Dilettante person who dabbles in the arts

    Disdained showed contempt for

    Dispassionate unbiased; fair


    Dowager an elderly woman of elevate social status

    Dubious doubtful

    Egalitarian equal; believer in equality

    Elicit draw out (used mainly for information or feelings)

    Elliptical 1. shaped like an ellipse, 2. indirect

    Epitomizes acts as a typical example of

    Equivocate speak ambiguously/vaguely

    Evasiveness trying to avoid something

    Explicitly very clear; nothing hidden

    Foraging searching for food

    Hypothetical based on guesswork; not proven

    Iconoclast person who goes against accepted authority

    Idiosyncratic quirky; unique to an individual

    Imponderable cannot be understood

    Indecorous not well-behaved; lacking in dignity

    Indigence extreme poverty

    Inept clumsy

    Inherent inbuilt; genetic

    Intricate complicated

    Irrefutable cannot be proved wrong

    Jingoism using words to stir up exaggerated patriotism

    Jubilant joyful

    Judicious fair and equal

    Lament express regret over something

    Loquacious talkative; using too many words

    Mendicancy begging

    Metaphorical not literal; figurative

    Milieu environment; surroundings

    Mitigated made less severe

    Nascent just begun; in an early stage of development

    Nostalgia longing for the past


    Obtrusive easily seen

    Orthographical concerned with writing and spelling

    Ossifiedbecome fixed and rigid

    Ostentatious showy

    Palpable can be felt

    Pastoral 1. concerned with the countryside, 2. concerned with the care a pastor gives to
    someone

    Pedestrian 1. boring (adj), 2. person who walks (n)

    Perfidy treachery; betrayal

    Profligacy wasteful and immoral behavior

    Prohibitive very expensive

    Prudence wisdom; caution

    Pugnacious aggressive

    Purveyor one who sells something or causes something to spread

    Resonance echo

    Respite break (from work etc.)

    Resurgence revival

    Sparse thin; not thick

    Stringent strict

    Succumbing giving in to; falling under the influence of

    Supercilious arrogant

    Tenacity firmness of purpose

    Transcend go beyond a limit

    Variegated multi colored

    Venerable worthy of respect

    Viable workable; able to live or grow

    Visceral concerned with the 'guts'; physical rather than mental

    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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