100 de cuvinte

Cele mai frumoase 100 de cuvinte din limba engleza alese de lingvistul Robert Beard:

Ailurophile iubitor de pisici
Assemblage adunare
Becoming atragator
Beleaguer a asedia
Brood a avea ganduri negre, a cloci, a medita
Bucolic idilic, pastoral, rural, rustic, bucolic
Bungalow bungalou, casa cu veranda (la parter)
Chatoyant care face ape (despre culori), ca ochiul pisicii
Comely atragator, dragalas, frumos, gratios
Conflate a combina
Cynosure centrul atentiei, stea calauzitoare
Dalliance cochetarie
Demesne domeniu, mosie, teritoriu
Demure asezat, modest, rusinos
Denouement deznodamant
Desuetude desuetudine
Desultory sporadic, intamplator, nesistematic, neorganizat
Diaphanous diafan, transparent
Dissemble a disimula, a se preface
Dulcet dulce, melodios, placut, linistitor
Ebullience efervescenta, clocot, fierbere
Effervescent efervescent,
Efflorescence eflorescenta
Elision eliziune
Elixir elixir
Eloquence elocinta
Embrocation cataplasma, frictionare, ungere
Emollient emolient
Ephemeral efemer
Epiphany epifanie, manifestare divina
Erstwhile altadata, demult, odinioara
Ethereal eteric, diafan
Evanescent trecator, efemer
Evocative evocator, sugestiv
Fetching fermecator, cu vino-ncoace
Felicity fericire, desavarsire, binecuvantare
Forbearance indulgenta, ingaduinta, stapanire de sine
Fugacious efemer, trecator, care zboara
Furtive furis, tainic, ascuns
Gambol giumbuslucuri, zbenguiala
Glamour eleganta, fascinatie
Gossamer voal, funigel, tesatura fina
Halcyon senin, calm, linistit
Harbinger vestitor
Imbrication suprapunerea si formarea unui model
Imbroglio incurcatura, invalmaseala
Imbue a imbiba
Incipient initial, embrionar
Ineffable inefabil, greu de descris
Ingénue femeie tanara naiva
Inglenook colt comod langa semineu
Insouciance indiferenta lipsita de griji
Inure a se deprinde, a se invata
Labyrinthine labirintic, incurcat, incalcit
Lagniappe un cadou special
Lagoon laguna
Languor epuizare, lene.
Lassitude oboseala, lancezeala, moleseala
Leisure timp liber
Lilt ritm vioi
Lissome agil, gratios, mladios, sprinten, suplu
Lithe amabil, mladios, sprinten, suplu, vioi
Love iubire, dragoste
Mellifluous dulce, melodios, placut, suav
Moiety jumatate
Mondegreen a auzi gresit un cuvant
Murmurous murmurand, susurand.
Nemesis inamic, razbunare
Offing largul marii
Onomatopoeia onomatopee
Opulent opulent
Palimpsest palimpsest
Panacea panaceu, leac universal
Panoply panoplie
Pastiche parodie, pastisa
Penumbra penumbra
Petrichor mirosul pamantului dupa ploaie
Plethora cantitate mare, supraabundenta
Propinquity apropiere,asemanare, inrudire, similitudine
Pyrrhic de la Pyrrhus
Quintessential principal
Ratatouille tocanita picanta frantuzeasca
Ravel a incalci, a incurca, a tricota
Redolent care aminteste, care sugereaza
Riparian riveran, de langa tarm
Ripple murmur, clipocire, unda
Scintilla scanteie
Sempiternal etern, nepieritor, vesnic
Seraglio serai
Serendipity insusirea de a gasi obiecte interesante
Summery usor, delicat, varatic, estival
Sumptuous luxos, maret, somptuos
Surreptitious ascuns, clandestine, furis
Susquehanna rau in Pennsylvania.
Susurrous care susura
Talisman talisman
Tintinnabulation clinchet de clopotei, zanganit, zornait
Umbrella umbrela
Untoward dificil, nedisciplinat, refractar, zurbagiu
Vestigial cu caracter de vestigiu, remanent, rezidual
Wafture cu valuri
Wherewithal mijloace necesare
Woebegone trist, coplesit de jale,