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.