100 most beautiful words in English

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Ailurophile
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A cat-lover.
Assemblage
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A gathering.
Becoming
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Attractive.
Beleaguer
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To exhaust with attacks.
Brood
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To think alone.
Bucolic
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In a lovely rural setting.
Bungalow
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A small, cozy cottage.
Chatoyant
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Like a cat’s eye.
Comely
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Attractive.
Conflate
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To blend together.
Cynosure
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A focal point of admiration.
Dalliance
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A brief love affair.
Demesne
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Dominion, territory.
Demure
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Shy and reserved.
Denouement
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The resolution of a mystery.
Desuetude
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Disuse.
Desultory
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Slow, sluggish.
Diaphanous
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Filmy.
Dissemble
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Deceive.
Dulcet
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Sweet, sugary.
Ebullience
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Bubbling enthusiasm.
Effervescent
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Bubbly.
Efflorescence
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Flowering, blooming.
Elision
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Dropping a sound or syllable in a word.
Elixir
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A good potion.
Eloquence
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Beauty and persuasion in speech.
Embrocation
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Rubbing on a lotion.
Emollient
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A softener.
Ephemeral
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Short-lived.
Epiphany
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A sudden revelation.
Erstwhile
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At one time, for a time.
Ethereal
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Gaseous, invisible but detectable.
Evanescent
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Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time.
Evocative
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Suggestive.
Fetching
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Pretty.
Felicity
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Pleasantness.
Forbearance
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Withholding response to provocation.
Fugacious
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Fleeting.
Furtive
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Shifty, sneaky.
Gambol
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To skip or leap about joyfully.
Glamour
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Beauty.
Gossamer
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The finest piece of thread, a spider’s silk
Halcyon
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Happy, sunny, care-free.
Harbinger
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Messenger with news of the future.
Imbrication
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Overlapping and forming a regular pattern.
Imbroglio
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An altercation or complicated situation.
Imbue
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To infuse, instill.
Incipient
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Beginning, in an early stage.
Ineffable
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Unutterable, inexpressible.
Ingénue
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A naïve young woman.
Inglenook
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A cozy nook by the hearth.
Insouciance
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Blithe nonchalance.
Inure
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To become jaded.
Labyrinthine
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Twisting and turning.
Lagniappe
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A special kind of gift.
Lagoon
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A small gulf or inlet.
Languor
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Listlessness, inactivity.
Lassitude
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Weariness, listlessness.
Leisure
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Free time.
Lilt
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To move musically or lively.
Lissome
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Slender and graceful.
Lithe
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Slender and flexible.
Love
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Deep affection.
Mellifluous
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Sweet sounding.
Moiety
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One of two equal parts.
Mondegreen
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A slip of the ear.
Murmurous
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Murmuring.
Nemesis
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An unconquerable archenemy.
Offing
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The sea between the horizon and the offshore.
Onomatopoeia
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A word that sounds like its meaning.
Opulent
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Lush, luxuriant.
Palimpsest
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A manuscript written over earlier ones.
Panacea
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A solution for all problems
Panoply
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A complete set.
Pastiche
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An art work combining materials from various sources.
Penumbra
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A half-shadow.
Petrichor
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The smell of earth after rain.
Plethora
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A large quantity.
Propinquity
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An inclination.
Pyrrhic
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Successful with heavy losses.
Quintessential
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Most essential.
Ratatouille
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A spicy French stew.
Ravel
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To knit or unknit.
Redolent
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Fragrant.
Riparian
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By the bank of a stream.
Ripple
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A very small wave.
Scintilla
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A spark or very small thing.
Sempiternal
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Eternal.
Seraglio
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Rich, luxurious oriental palace or harem.
Serendipity
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Finding something nice while looking for something else.
Summery
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Light, delicate or warm and sunny.
Sumptuous
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Lush, luxurious.
Surreptitious
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Secretive, sneaky.
Susquehanna
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A river in Pennsylvania.
Susurrous
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Whispering, hissing.
Talisman
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A good luck charm.
Tintinnabulation
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Tinkling.
Umbrella
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Protection from sun or rain.
Untoward
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Unseemly, inappropriate.
Vestigial
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In trace amounts.
Wafture
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Waving.
Wherewithal
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The means.
Woebegone
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Sorrowful, downcast.

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