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    Ailurophile A cat-lover.
    Assemblage
    A gathering.
    Becoming Attractive.
    Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks. 
    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
    Mose 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.
    Sussurous
    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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      LOL I was thinking exactly this when I first saw them :D

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