Indie Scribe Magazine April 2014 | Page 34

Ailurophile A cat-lover.

Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks.

Brood To think alone.

Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye.

Conflate To blend together.

Cynosure A focal point of admiration.

Dalliance A brief love affair.

Demesne Dominion, territory.

Denouement The resolution of a mystery.

Desuetude Disuse.

Desultory Slow, sluggish.

Diaphanous Filmy.Dissemble Deceive.

Dulcet Sweet, sugary.

Ebullience Bubbling enthusiasm.

Embrocation Rubbing on a lotion.

Ephemeral Short-lived.

Ethereal Gaseous, invisible but detectable.

Evocative Suggestive.

Felicity Pleasantness.

Forbearance Withholding response to provocation.

Fugacious Fleeting.

Gambol To skip or leap about joyfully.

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.

Ineffable Unutterable, inexpressible.

Inglenook A cozy nook by the hearth.

Insouciance Blithe nonchalance.

Inure To become jaded.