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BOMBASTIC WORDS FOR SPM ESSAY

Accolade Allusion Ambivalence Ambivalent Analogy Anecdote Anomalous Apparition Aspersion Belligerence Bombastic Candid Capricious Cherished Cliche Conception Convoluted Credence

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

Cryptic Currency Decorous Denunciation Derailed Derivative Despotic Detritus Diaphanous Dictum Dilettante Disdained Dispassionate Dowager Dubious Egalitarian Elicit Elliptical Epitomizes

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 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

Equivocate Evasiveness Explicitly Foraging Hypothetical Iconoclast Idiosyncratic Imponderable Indecorous Indigence Inept Inherent Intricate Irrefutable Jingoism Jubilant Judicious Lament Loquacious

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

Mendicancy Metaphorical Milieu Mitigated Nascent Nostalgia Obtrusive Orthographical Ossified Ostentatious Palpable

begging 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

Pastoral Pedestrian Perfidy Profligacy Prohibitive Prudence Pugnacious Purveyor

Resonance Respite Resurgence Sparse Stringent Succumbing Supercilious Tenacity Transcend Variegated Venerable Viable Visceral

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

he 100 Most Beautiful Words in English Ailurophile Assemblage Becoming Beleaguer Brood Bucolic A cat-lover. A gathering. Attractive. To exhaust with attacks. To think alone. In a lovely rural setting.

Bungalow Chatoyant Comely Conflate Cynosure Dalliance Demesne Demure Denouement Desuetude Desultory Diaphanous Dissemble Dulcet Ebullience Effervescent Efflorescence Elision Elixir Eloquence Embrocation Emollient

A small, cozy cottage. Like a cat's eye. Attractive. To blend together. A focal point of admiration. A brief love affair. Dominion, territory. Shy and reserved. The resolution of a mystery. Disuse. Slow, sluggish. Filmy. Deceive. Sweet, sugary. Bubbling enthusiasm. Bubbly. Flowering, blooming. Dropping a sound or syllable in a word. A good potion. Beauty and persuasion in speech. Rubbing on a lotion. A softener.

Ephemeral Epiphany Erstwhile Ethereal Evanescent Evocative Fetching Felicity Forbearance Fugacious Furtive Gambol Glamour Gossamer Halcyon Harbinger Imbrication Imbroglio Imbue Incipient Ineffable Ingnue

Short-lived. A sudden revelation. At one time, for a time. Gaseous, invisible but detectable. Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time. Suggestive. Pretty. Pleasantness. Withholding response to provocation. Fleeting. Shifty, sneaky. To skip or leap about joyfully. Beauty. The finest piece of thread, a spider's silk Happy, sunny, care-free. Messenger with news of the future. Overlapping and forming a regular pattern. An altercation or complicated situation. To infuse, instill. Beginning, in an early stage. Unutterable, inexpressible. A nave young woman.

Inglenook Insouciance Inure Labyrinthine Lagniappe Lagoon Languor Lassitude Leisure Lilt Lissome Lithe Love Mellifluous Moiety Mondegreen Murmurous Nemesis Offing Onomatopoeia Opulent Palimpsest

A cozy nook by the hearth. Blithe nonchalance. To become jaded. Twisting and turning. A special kind of gift. A small gulf or inlet. Listlessness, inactivity. Weariness, listlessness. Free time. To move musically or lively. Slender and graceful. Slender and flexible. Deep affection. Sweet sounding. One of two equal parts. A slip of the ear. Murmuring. An unconquerable archenemy. The sea between the horizon and the offshore. A word that sounds like its meaning. Lush, luxuriant. A manuscript written over earlier ones.

Panacea Panoply Pastiche Penumbra Petrichor Plethora Propinquity Pyrrhic Quintessential Ratatouille Ravel Redolent Riparian Ripple Scintilla Sempiternal Seraglio Serendipity Summery Sumptuous Surreptitious Susquehanna

A solution for all problems A complete set. An art work combining materials from various sources. A half-shadow. The smell of earth after rain. A large quantity. An inclination. Successful with heavy losses. Most essential. A spicy French stew. To knit or unknit. Fragrant. By the bank of a stream. A very small wave. A spark or very small thing. Eternal. Rich, luxurious oriental palace or harem. Finding something nice while looking for something else. Light, delicate or warm and sunny. Lush, luxurious. Secretive, sneaky. A river in Pennsylvania.

Susurrous Talisman Tintinnabulation Umbrella Untoward Vestigial Wafture Wherewithal Woebegone right sunny day

Whispering, hissing. A good luck charm. Tinkling. Protection from sun or rain. Unseemly, inappropriate. In trace amounts. Waving. The means. Sorrowful, downcast. exclaimed shriek of happiness a tired face

dark and gloomy night

arms spread wide open for a hug

ran towards

a warm smile

she sobbed

opened the door to take a peek

A tear slipped down his cheek

who came bolting in

Ethan replied promptly Im busy.

out of the blue = ............................

suddenly showed up once more

with his trembling hands

He flipped the card

Tall and gangly.

on his own stupidity

He parked his car at the driveway.

He smiled while thinking of

looking more beautiful than ever in her...

It will be now or never.

he heard running footsteps ...

Tears started to flow down her puffy cheeks

Ive been waiting for you this whole time.

In the distant, he could hear....

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