Vocab 2
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| Word Meaning Example | |
| Ailurophile (adj) | A cat-lover. His baby is Ailurophile. |
| Assemblage (n) | A gathering. There was Assemblage on the road |
| Becoming (adj) | Attractive. Are you looking Becoming? |
| Beleaguer (v) | To exhaust with attacks. He was Beleaguered on the stair. |
| Brood (v) | To think alone. The terrible vision brooded over her all day long. |
| Bucolic (adj) | In a lovely rural setting. We live in a Bucolic village. |
| Bungalow (n) | A small, cozy cottage. / Do you have Bungalow? |
| Chatoyant (adj) | Like a cat’s eye. Her eyes are Chatoyant. |
| Comely (adj) | Attractive. She looks all time Comely. |
| Conflate (v) | Add together different elements. Ex _The colors conflated well"  |
| Cynosure(n) | a center of attraction or attention / Ex _ His rapidly increasing wealth has made him a cynosure in the political circle.  |
| Dalliance(n) | A brief love affair. / Ex _ He had delliances with several women before getting married.  |
| Demesne(n) | Dominion, territory. / The vast and demesne of the noth India (jammu and kashmir)  |
| Demure | Shy and reserved. He happens to be Demure most of the time. |
| Denouement | The resolution of a mystery. / The two lover commit suicide in the denoument.  |
| Desuetude(n) | Disuse. / Despite the long years of desuetude the old manual restroom seemed to work just fine.  |
| Desultory(adj) | Slow, sluggish. / There was a desultory flow of comment on my fb post.  |
| Diaphanous(adj) | Filmy. / It is diaphanous curtain. |
| Dissemble(v) | Deceive. / She was dissembling the facts. |
| Dulcet(adj) | Sweet, sugary. / She speaks in dulcet mood. |
| Ebullience | Bubbling enthusiasm. |
| Effervescent(adj) | Bubbly. Tata makes effervescent salts. |
| Efflorescence | Flowering, blooming. / They are Efflorescence stars of MMC |
| Elision | Dropping a sound or syllable in a word. |
| Eloquence | Beauty and persuasion in speech. She spoke with Eloquence on the need of a better school. |
| Embrocation | a lotion. / Do you use body embrocation? |
| Ephemeral | Short-lived. / The ephemeral joys of childhood. |
| Erstwhile | At one time, for a time. He is an erstwhile friend. |
| Ethereal | Gaseous, invisible but detectable. / it is an ethereal solution |
| Evanescent | Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time. / She has got evanescent beauty. |
| Evocative | Suggestive. / He cannot forbear to close on this evocative literary note. |
| Fetching | Pretty. / He has a fetching new hairstyle. |
| Felicity | Pleasantness. / It is felicity weather. |
| Forbearance | Withholding response to provocation. / his forbearance to reply was alarming. |
| Fugacious | Lasting a very short time / fugacious blossoms. |
| 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 | |
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