100 Most Beautiful Words in English

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Dr.Naga Rathinam
  • 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- 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.

I don't know why they missed the word MOM. :)
 
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