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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.
Ingénue A naïve 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.

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sexmusic:

sexmusic // 16. best of 2011
a playlist with our 25 most popular songs posted in 2011:
will you still love me tomorrow? // amy winhouse [the shirelles cover]
empathy // crystal castles
do you want to touch me (oh yeah) // joan jett & the blackhearts
jesus christ // brand new
skinny love // birdy [bon iver cover]
modern girls & old fashioned men // the strokes ft. regina spektor
phenomena // yeah yeah yeahs
bang bang // nancy sinatra
sweet dreams [are made of this] // emily browning [eurythmics cover]
home // edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros
calgary // bon iver
stars // the xx
summer skin // death cab for cutie
something about us // daft punk
such great heights // iron & wine [the postal service cover]
lover, you should’ve come over // jeff buckley
a familiar taste // trent reznor & atticus ross
lovesong // adele [the cure cover]
starstruck // santigold
the cave // mumford & sons
addicted to love // florence + the machine [robert palmer cover]
while my guitar gently weeps // the beatles
creep // ingrid michaelson [radiohead cover]
as much as i ever could // city and colour
no one’s gonna love you // cee lo green [band of horses cover]
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sexmusic // 16. best of 2011

a playlist with our 25 most popular songs posted in 2011:

  1. will you still love me tomorrow? // amy winhouse [the shirelles cover]
  2. empathy // crystal castles
  3. do you want to touch me (oh yeah) // joan jett & the blackhearts
  4. jesus christ // brand new
  5. skinny love // birdy [bon iver cover]
  6. modern girls & old fashioned men // the strokes ft. regina spektor
  7. phenomena // yeah yeah yeahs
  8. bang bang // nancy sinatra
  9. sweet dreams [are made of this] // emily browning [eurythmics cover]
  10. home // edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros
  11. calgary // bon iver
  12. stars // the xx
  13. summer skin // death cab for cutie
  14. something about us // daft punk
  15. such great heights // iron & wine [the postal service cover]
  16. lover, you should’ve come over // jeff buckley
  17. a familiar taste // trent reznor & atticus ross
  18. lovesong // adele [the cure cover]
  19. starstruck // santigold
  20. the cave // mumford & sons
  21. addicted to love // florence + the machine [robert palmer cover]
  22. while my guitar gently weeps // the beatles
  23. creep // ingrid michaelson [radiohead cover]
  24. as much as i ever could // city and colour
  25. no one’s gonna love you // cee lo green [band of horses cover]

listen here | download here

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lay it down // the rubens

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"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
Mark Twain (via girlwithoutwings)

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sexmusic:

agoraphobia // deerhunter

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— 7 months ago with 237 notes