10 WORDS: 10 Beautiful Words.

10 Words That I Think Are Beautiful and Don’t Ask Me to Explain

They just feel good against the ear.

1. Recumbent - resting, idle, inactive

2. Ersatz - having quality of poor substitute

3. Abstemious - not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking

4. Hale - hearty, healthy, robust, in good health

5. Deipnosophist - an adept conversationalist

6. Augur - prognosticate, foretell

7. Belay - fix around a cleat, rock, pin, or other object, in order to secure it

8. Equanimity - mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation

9. Perspicacious - having keen insight

10. Clump - a compacted mass or lump of something

Runners-up: superluminal, triage, gubernatorial, penny-farthing, goose