Lovely words that deserve to be used more…

Abate
to decrease in force or intensity.
Abomination
something that is depraved.
Abscond
to flee swiftly and secretly.
Absquatulate
to leave abruptly.
Acumen
keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters.
Adulation
extreme or excessive admiration or flattery.
Aeonian
lasting for an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time.
Aesthetic
pleasing in appearance, attractive.
Ailurophile
person who loves cats.
Alacrity
lively, cheerful and eager behavior.
Alluring
having a strongly attractive or enticing quality.
Amative
relating to or indicative of love.
Ambivalence
conflicting feelings or emotions.
Amiable
friendly, sociable, and generally agreeable.
Amorous
the act of being in love.
Aplomb
complete and confident composure or self-assurance.
Aptitude
talent or natural ability.
Argle-bargle
noisy arguing.
Assiduity
dedication, diligence and great focus.
Astute
having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly, mentally sharp.
Auspicious
showing or suggesting that future success is likely.
Balderdash
absurd or nonsensical talk.
Balletic
graceful motions.
Baloney
nonsense or foolishness.
Beleaguer
to threaten or cause difficulties for.
Bellwether
one that takes the lead or initiative, trendsetter.
Besottedness
blindly or utterly infatuated.
Bespoke
custom-made.
Bibble
to drink or eat noisily.
Blatherskite
a person who talks at length without making sense.
Bloviate
to discourse pompously at length.
Boondoggle
work that you do just so that you look busy, but it isn't actually useful.
Borborygmus
the sound your stomach makes when hungry.
Brobdingnagian
marked by tremendous size.
Brood
deep thoughts about something negative.
Brouhaha
noisy excitement or reaction.
Bucolic
pleasant aspects of a rural lifestyle.
Bumbershoot
umbrella.
Bumfuzzle
to confuse or fluster.
Bungalow
single story home with a large porch.
Cacophony
a loud, obnoxious blend of sounds.
Cahoots
secret collaboration.
Candor
free from prejudice or malice, honest, sincere.
Canny
clever, shrewd.
Canonize
to treat as illustrious, preeminent, or sacred.
Canoodle
to engage in amorous embracing, caressing, and kissing.
Cantankerous
bad-tempered or grumpy.
Cattywampus
askew or awry.
Chatoyant
light reflecting through a cut gemstone.
Cimmerian
very dark or gloomy.
Circumlocution
the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea.
Codswallop
nonsense.
Collywobbles
butterflies in the stomach; nervousness.
Comprehend
to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of.
Conflate
combining or fusing things together.
Confluence
used when discussing a meeting of minds, a group of ideas, or a coming together of diverse people for a gathering.
Coruscate
to be brilliant or showy in technique or style.
Crapulous
feeling ill due to excessive eating or drinking.
Crescendo
the peak in volume of sound that builds up.
Curmudgeon
a bad-tempered person.
Cynosure
one who is the focus of admiration; the center of attention.
Dalliance
a casual involvement or romance.
Debase
to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character.
Defenestration
to throw someone or something out a window.
Deferential
showing or expressing respect and high regard due a superior or an elder.
Defervescence
returning to normal body temperature after having a fever.
Deft
skilled movements.
Delirium
a state of incoherent thought prone to hallucinations and delusions.
Demented
of unsound mental facilities.
Demure
modest, not calling attention to oneself.
Denouement
end of a story, during which things are wrapped up/revealed.
Despondent
feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection (lowness of spirits), or depression.
Desuetude
no longer being used.
Desultory
occurring without a plan or structured order.
Devotion
earnest attachment to a cause, person, etc.
Diaphanous
delicate, translucent, very lightweight.
Diatribe
nasty (and usually lengthy) tirade, whether spoken or written.
Diligent
characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort.
Dillydally
to waste time through indecision.
Diminutive
a word or name usually indicating small size.
Discombobulate
to confuse (someone).
Dissemble
to hide one’s true feelings.
Donnybrook
a heated argument or fight.
Doohickey
an unnamed gadget or item.
Doozy
something outstanding or unique.
Doppelgänger
someone's exact double.
Dulcet
sounds that are soothing, something that is sweet sounding.
Dulciloquent
speaking sweetly or gently.
Ebullience
full of energy, highly enthusiastic.
Ebullient
bubbly enthusiasm or excitement.
Effervescent
vivacious, bubbly, enthusiastic.
Efflorescence
what occurs after a time of reflection, study or development; flowering, blossoming.
Elision
leaving something out.
Elixir
medicinal potion one would ingest.
Eloquence
expressing oneself effectively with words.
Eloquent
marked by forceful and fluent expression (having a way with words).
Elucidate
to explain very clearly.
Embrocation
soothing potion rubbed on the body.
Emollient
soothing to the skin.
Endearment
a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection.
Enlightened
freed from ignorance and misinformation.
Ennui
a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction, boredom.
Ephemeral
short-lived, lasting only for a short period of time.
Epiphany
sudden insight or understanding.
Equitable
a fair division between all parties.
Erstwhile
former, in the past.
Erudite
having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying.
Ethereal
heavenly, otherworldly.
Euphonious
sounds that are pleasing to hear.
Evanescent
fleeting, fading or disappearing quickly.
Evenfall
the beginning of evening, dusk.
Evocative
bringing to mind strong emotions.
Exhilaration
feeling of extreme happiness.
Exquisite
pleasing through beauty, fitness, or perfection.
Extol
to give high praise.
Facetiously
joking or jesting, often inappropriately.
Fastidious
showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care.
Felicity
feeling of happiness.
Firkin
a small wooden cask or container.
Flabbergast
to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder.
Flibbertigibbet
a frivolous or excessively talkative person.
Floccinaucinihilipilification
the act or habit of assessing something as worthless.
Flub
to stuff something up.
Flummox
to perplex someone greatly.
Folderol
trivial or nonsensical fuss.
Foofaraw
excessive fuss or attention.
Forbearance
exercising restraint, putting off something.
Fortnight
a period of 14 days.
Fuddy-duddy
a person who is old-fashioned or fussy.
Fugacious
fleeting, disappearing after a short time.
Furtive
sneaky, trying to avoid getting caught.
Fuscous
being of a somber or dark color.
Gallivant
to travel or roam about for pleasure.
Gambol
playful frolicking.
Gardyloo
warning shouted before throwing water from above.
Gasconade
to brag or boast.
Gazump
to cheat or outbid at the last minute.
Gesticulate
expressing meaning with gestures instead of words.
Glamorous
appealing or attractive.
Gobbemouche
a credulous or gullible person.
Gobbledygook
meaningless language or jargon.
Gongoozle
to stare idly at something.
Gossamer
sheer, filmy, delicate in appearance.
Granular
finely detailed. Can also help describe a meticulous level of detail in your own work, thinking, or planning.
Gratuitous
unnecessary, uncalled-for.
Gregarious
tending to associate with others of one's kind, social.
Gubbins
miscellaneous items.
Halcyon
peaceful, calm, idyllic, characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity.
Harbinger
a signal for the approach of something else.
Higgledy-piggledy
in a confused or disorderly manner.
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobic
someone with a fear of long words.
Hobbledehoy
a clumsy or awkward youth.
Hodgepodge
a confused mixture.
Hornswoggle
to trick or deceive.
Hullabaloo
loud noise or disturbance.
Idiosyncratic
traits that belong to a person’s character.
Imbroglio
a complex, messed up situation.
Imbue
to permeate, be dispersed throughout something.
Immaculate
having or containing no flaw or error.
Impignorate
to pawn or mortgage something.
Incipient
something that is in its early stages.
Incisive
impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation).
Indoctrinate
to persuade people to believe without questioning or critical thinking.
Ineffable
incapable of being expressed in words.
Infatuated
filled with or marked by a foolish or extravagant love or admiration.
Ingenious
having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving.
Ingenue
woman who seems innocent or naïve.
Insinuate
to hint at something bad without directly saying it.
Insouciance
being indifferent or unconcerned.
Insular
characteristic of an isolated people; an island unto itself.
Intrepid
characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance.
Inured
accustomed to negative circumstances.
Jabberwocky
meaningless or nonsensical talk.
Jackanapes
a cheeky or impertinent person.
Jubilation
feelings of joy.
Junoesque
marked by stately beauty.
Kerfuffle
a commotion or fuss.
Kerplunk
a sound of something heavy falling into water.
Klutz
a clumsy person.
Labyrinthine
twisting, confusing, complex.
Lackadaisical
lacking enthusiasm or effort.
Lagniappe
something extra.
Lagoon
a shallow body of water that is near, but separated from, a larger body of water.
Lambent
softly glowing or flickering.
Lamprophony
speaking loudly and enunciating carefully.
Languor
feeling of sluggishness or listlessness.
Lassitude
weariness, exhaustion.
Latent
present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious or active. In other words -- there, but not there.
Lateritious
brick-red in colour.
Leisure
time free from obligations or duty.
Lilt
rhythmic cadence.
Lissome
slim, graceful, flexible, supple.
Lithe
easily bent or flexed.
Lollygag
to spend time aimlessly; idle.
Love
intense affection.
Lucid
comes from the Latin adjective lucidus (shining), a more fancy word to define a person for his intelligent thinking, capability of being understood or comprehended.
Lyrical
beautiful expression of emotions.
Magnanimous
showing or suggesting a lofty, courageous, noble spirit.
Malaise
physical discomfort or a general feeling of being under the weather.
Malarkey
nonsense; insincere talk.
Malefactor
one who commits evil acts.
Maxim
a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct.
Mellifluous
having a smooth rich flow; filled with something (such as honey) that sweetens.
Meticulous
marked by precise attention to every detail.
Modicum
a small portion; a limited quantity.
Moiety
a part or portion of something.
Mollycoddle
to treat someone indulgently or protectively.
Mondegreen
incorrectly hearing or interpreting a song’s lyrics.
Moxie
determination or nerve.
Muckety-muck
a self-important person.
Murmurous
emitting low noises similar to murmurs.
Myriad
a great number / countless.
Nefarious
flagrantly wicked or criminal.
Nemesis
a rival; an archenemy.
Nimble
quick, easy movements, navigating difficult motions with ease.
Nitwit
silly or foolish person.
Noggin
a person's head.
Nuance
a very subtle difference.
Nudiustertian
the day before yesterday.
Obfuscate
to make obscure or unclear.
Obsequious
subservient (useful in an inferior capacity); marked by a fawning attentiveness.
Offing
the part of the sea that cannot be viewed from land; deep sea beyond the horizon.
Onomatopoeia
using the sound something makes to form its name.
Opulent
extravagant, lavish, abundant.
Orate
to speak formally, and/or with passion.
Orgulous
proud.
Orphic
mystic, oracular; fascinating, entrancing.
Oxter
armpit.
Palimpsest
something that has been altered, with traces of the original remaining.
Panacea
a remedy for all ills or difficulties.
Pandiculation
stretching oneself and yawning.
Panegyric
speech or document written to praise a person.
Panjandrum
a person who has or claims to have great authority.
Panoply
an impressive display or collection.
Parlance
formal debate or parley.
Pellucid
easily, clearly understandable.
Penchant
a strong and continued inclination.
Penultimate
next to the last thing.
Penumbra
an area of partial shadow in between fully shadowed areas.
Perceptive
characterized by sympathetic understanding or insight.
Percussive
resembling the sound of a drum being beaten.
Peripatetic
frequently traveling or relocating from one place to another.
Persnickety
overly particular about minor details.
Perspicacious
of acute mental vision or discernment.
Perusal
studying with the intent to memorize.
Pervicacious
very obstinate, unyielding, willful.
Petrichor
the pleasant smell after rain.
Phantasmagorical
dreamlike and ethereal, often lacking coherent lucidity.
Phenomenal
highly extraordinary, exceptional, remarkable.
Photogenic
one whose beauty can be captured in photo or video.
Piffle
trivial nonsense.
Pithy
having substance and point, being brief, but very efficient.
Plethora
an abundance or extreme excess.
Pogonotrophy
the act of cultivating a beard.
Poppycock
nonsense or foolish talk.
Predilection
an established preference or bias.
Prodigious
causing amazement or wonder.
Propinquity
being near or close to something.
Pugnacious
quarrelsome, quick to start an argument.
Pulchritudinous
physically beautiful.
Pusillanimous
lacking courage and resolution.
Pyrrhic
victory that comes with too great of a cost.
Quibble
a minor and usually largely insignificant criticism.
Quiddity
whatever makes something the type that it is; the essence.
Quintessential
perfect or ideal illustration or example.
Quire
two dozen sheets of paper.
Quixotic
caught up in grandiose ideas or goals that are beyond realistics or practicality.
Rambunctious
to be boisterous, destructive, and disruptive.
Ravishing
unusually attractive, pleasing, or striking.
Redolent
reminder of something else.
Rejuvenated
looking or feeling refreshed.
Repertoire
a person’s list of talents and skills; a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform.
Repudiate
to reject or refuse to recognize as valid.
Resounding
sound that repeats.
Resplendent
shining brilliantly, characterized by a glowing splendor.
Reverence
honor or respect felt or shown, especially profound adoring awed respect.
Righteous
acting in accord with divine or moral law, free from guilt or sin.
Rigmarole
complicated procedure or nonsense.
Riparian
adjacent to a stream or river.
Ripple
a small movement or wave; undulating motion.
Rococo
an artistic style especially of the 18th century characterized by fanciful curved asymmetrical forms and elaborate ornamentation.
Salient
something that stands out and is obvious.
Salopettes
waterproof trousers used in skiing.
Saunter
to walk in an unhurried manner.
Scenic
lovely appearance.
Schadenfreude
pleasure derived from others' misfortunes.
Scintilla
a tiny amount.
Scintillating
brilliantly lively, stimulating, or witty.
Scuttlebutt
rumor or gossip.
Selcouth
unusual, strange.
Sempiternal
enduring, lasting forever.
Sensational
exceedingly or unexpectedly excellent or great.
Serendipity
a positive occurrence that takes place by chance.
Sesquipedalian
loving of long words.
Shenanigans
playful mischief or trickery.
Shilly-shally
to hesitate or be indecisive.
Sialoquent
spitting excessively when speaking.
Skedaddle
to depart quickly.
Skullduggery
trickery or deceitful behavior.
Snickersnee
a large knife.
Snollygoster
a clever, unscrupulous person.
Snuggery
a cozy or comfortable place.
Sockdolager
a decisive blow or an exceptional person or thing.
Sorcery
using black magic.
Splendiferous
extraordinarily or showily impressive.
Sprightly
energetic and upbeat.
Staid
marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint.
Statuesque
resembling a statue especially in dignity, shapeliness, or stillness.
Studious
character trait involving diligent study.
Stupendous
causing astonishment or wonder, marvelous.
Substantiate
to give facts to support a claim.
Subterfuge
intentional deceit.
Summery
warm conditions, as one would expect during the season of summer.
Sumptuous
magnificent, extravagant, splendid.
Surfeit
the quality of overabundance.
Surreptitious
sneaky.
Susurrous
soft sounds, like humming or soft buzzing.
Sycophant
a self-seeking flatterer.
Taciturn
temperamentally disinclined (unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval) to talk.
Talisman
item believed to bring about good luck.
Taradiddle
trivial lie or nonsense.
Tatterdemalion
person dressed in ragged clothing.
Tenderness
a tender quality or condition, such as gentleness and affection.
Thingamajig
something whose name is forgotten.
Thunderous
a very loud sound.
Tintinnabulation
the ringing or sounding of bells.
Transcendent
extending or lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience, being beyond comprehension.
Trickery
being deceptive on purpose.
Troglodyte
a person who lives alone, hermit-like.
Ubiquitous
existing or being everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered.
Ulotrichous
curly hair with a course or woolly texture.
Ultracrepidarian
one who speaks beyond their knowledge.
Umbrage
displeasure, resentment, or anger.
Unparagoned
having no equal; matchless, incomparable.
Untoward
offensive, unwelcome inappropriate.
Usufruct
the legal right of using and enjoying the fruits or profits of something belonging to another.
Venerable
honorable, highly regarded.
Vestigial
remnant of something or smaller version of something that was once full size.
Vigorous
appearing healthful and strong.
Vitriolic
bitterly harsh language or criticism.
Vomitorium
an entrance or exit in a stadium or theater.
Wabbit
feeling exhausted or slightly unwell.
Wafture
hand movement, hand signals.
Whatchamacallit
something whose name escapes you.
Wherewithal
strength, tenacity.
Whippersnapper
a young and inexperienced person.
Whirligig
a toy or device that spins.
Widdershins
moving counterclockwise.
Winebibber
a person who drinks too much wine.
Winklepicker
shoe with a sharp, pointed toe.
Woebegone
looking sad or miserable.
Wondrous
that is to be marveled at, extraordinary.
Xertz
to gulp something down quickly and greedily.
Yarborough
a hand of cards containing no card above nine.
Zany
ludicrous or outlandish.
Zenith
the highest point.
Zoanthropy
delusion of being an animal.
Zonked
exhausted or extremely tired.
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