BOMBASTIC WORDS FOR SPM ESSAY

Accolade Allusion Ambivalence Ambivalent Analogy Anecdote Anomalous Apparition Aspersion Belligerence Bombastic Candid Capricious Cherished Cliche Conception Convoluted Credence Cryptic Currency Decorous Denunciation Derailed Derivative Despotic Detritus Diaphanous Dictum praise indirect reference uncertainty; having 'mixed' feelings unable to decide comparison short account of something interesting; story odd; not fitting the pattern ghost; something that 'appears' negative feeling; damaging remark aggression too elaborate; exaggerated truthful changeable; fickle cared for; firmly-held over-used expression 1. idea; view. 2. beginning of pregnancy complicated or long-winded belief hidden 1. widespread acceptance, 2. money good and correct (used of behavior) act of speaking out against thrown off course unoriginal acting like a tyrant rubbish very thin and transparent often-used saying

Dilettante Disdained Dispassionate Dowager Dubious Egalitarian Elicit Elliptical Epitomizes Equivocate Evasiveness Explicitly Foraging Hypothetical Iconoclast Idiosyncratic Imponderable Indecorous Indigence Inept Inherent Intricate Irrefutable Jingoism Jubilant Judicious Lament Loquacious Mendicancy

person who dabbles in the arts showed contempt for unbiased; fair an elderly woman of elevate social status doubtful equal; believer in equality draw out (used mainly for information or feelings) 1. shaped like an ellipse, 2. indirect acts as a typical example of speak ambiguously/vaguely trying to avoid something very clear; nothing hidden searching for food based on guesswork; not proven person who goes against accepted authority quirky; unique to an individual cannot be understood not well-behaved; lacking in dignity extreme poverty clumsy inbuilt; genetic complicated cannot be proved wrong using words to stir up exaggerated patriotism joyful fair and equal express regret over something talkative; using too many words begging

Metaphorical Milieu Mitigated Nascent Nostalgia Obtrusive Orthographical Ossified Ostentatious Palpable

not literal; figurative environment; surroundings made less severe just begun; in an early stage of development longing for the past easily seen concerned with writing and spelling become fixed and rigid showy can be felt 1. concerned with the countryside, 2. concerned with the care a pastor gives to someone 1. boring (adj), 2. person who walks (n) treachery; betrayal wasteful and immoral behavior very expensive wisdom; caution aggressive one who sells something or causes something to spread echo break (from work etc.) revival thin; not thick strict giving in to; falling under the influence of arrogant firmness of purpose go beyond a limit multi colored worthy of respect

Pastoral Pedestrian Perfidy Profligacy Prohibitive Prudence Pugnacious Purveyor Resonance Respite Resurgence Sparse Stringent Succumbing Supercilious Tenacity Transcend Variegated Venerable

Viable Visceral

workable; able to live or grow concerned with the 'guts'; physical rather than mental

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The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English

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. Ingnue A nave 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.