Key words Flashcards
Assemblage
A gathering
Becoming
Attractive
Bucolic
In a lovely rural setting
Comely
Attractive
Conflate
To blend together
Demure
Shy and reserved
Desultory
Slow, sluggish
Effervescent
Bubbly
Elixir
A good potion
Ephemeral
Short-lived
Epiphany
A sudden relegation
Erstwhile
At one time, for a time
Evanescent
Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time
Evocative
Suggestive
Fetching
Pretty
Fugacious
Fleeting
Furtive
SHifty, sneaky
Halcyon
Happy, sunny, care-free
Incipient
Beginning, in an early stage
Ineffable
Unutterable, inexpressible
Inglenook
A cozy nook by the hearth
Labyrinthine
Twisting and turning
Lilt
To move musically or lively
Lithe
Slender and flexible
Mellifluous
Sweet sounding
Murmurous
Murmuring
Nemesis
An unconquerable archenemy
Opulent
Lush, luxuriant
Panacea
A solution for all problems
Panoply
A complete set
Penumbra
A half-shadow
Petrichor
The smell of earth after rain
Plethora
A large quantity
Quintessential
Most essential
Redolent
Fragrant
Scintilla
A spark or very small thing
Serendipity
Finding something nice while looking for something else
Sumptuous
Lush, luxurious
Surreptitious
Secretive, sneaky
Susurrous
Whispering, hissing
Tintinnabulation
Tinkling
Untoward
Unseemly, inappropriate
Woebegone
Sorrowful, downcast