Amorphous: indefinite, shapeless
Beleaguer: to exhaust with attacks
Bucolic: lovely, rural setting
Cacophony: confused noise
Chatoyant: like a cat’s eye
Conflate: to blend together
Demesne: dominion, territory
Ebullience: bubbling enthusiasm
Efflorescence: flowering, blooming
Ephemeral: short-lived
Erstwhile: at one time, for a time
Evanescent: fleeting
Halcyon: carefree
Idyllic: contentedly pleasing
Imbroglio: complicated situation
Ineffable: indescribable, inexpressible
Insouciance: blithe nonchalance
Mellifluous: sweet sounding
Moiety: one of two equal parts
Myriad: great number
Obstreperous: noisy, unruly
Panacea: a universal solution
Penumbra: a half shadow
Plethora: abundance
Pyrrhic: successful with heavy losses
Rhapsodic: intensely emotional
Scintilla: a spark or very small thing
Susurrous: whispering, hissing