Page, the Fifth

Every word on the entire list rightfully deserves a devoted analysis, but I'm rather keen on first posting the entirety. 

Lemniscate: the infinity symbol, any figure-eight symbol

Moribund: approaching death, about to die, on the verge of becoming obsolete 

Succinct: briefly stated, laconic, terse

Leitmotif: musical passage associated to a specific situation, character, or idea

Hydroplane: to skim a surface, to skim along on the surface of the water, as in a car

Vacivity: vacuity, emptiness, absence, space with a lack of matter

Alabaster: dense translucent, white or tinted fine-grained gypsum 

Ornithopter: aircraft-shaped machine that is held aloft and propelled by wing movements 

Ampersand: the symbol (&) representing the word “and”

Entelechy: actuality, fully realized essence, actuality opposed to potentiality 

Cygnet: a baby swan, young swan

Naïveté: inexperience, quality of being naïve, artlessness

Epizeuxis: a rhetorical figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis 

Phalanx: bone of a finger, compact or close-knit body of people, military squadron

Zeugma: syllepsis, type of pun, "You held your breath and the door for me"

Clavilux: machine that generates light via music

Irascible: marked by ire, a hot temper, and resentful anger

Maelstrom: very powerful whirlpool, large, swirling body of water, turbulent situation

Betwixt: between, in an intermediate position

Cadenza: musical or literary improvisation

Elegiac: resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy, triste, sad, mournful

Albedo: the ratio of reflected to incident light

Exiguous: excessively scanty, inadequate, meager

Sisyphean: pertaining to or involving endless labor, pertaining to Sisyphus

Quasihemidemisemiquaver: a 128th note 

Peloton: main body of riders in a bicycle race 

Oultrepreu: very brave, having extreme or a dangerous level of valor

Logomachy: dispute about words, battle of words, war of words

Sepulcher: a burial vault, receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar 

Zeppelin: large dirigible balloon, rigid airship supported by gas power

Chaos: lack of order, condition or place of disorder or confusion, riotous mass, a jumble 

Neutralize: to make neutral, counterbalance or counteract the effect of; render ineffective

Protean: readily taking on varied forms or meanings, showing sizeable variety or diversity 

Arbalest: medieval missile launcher designed on the crossbow, large crossbow

Crwth: ancient Celtic musical instrument

Miniscule: very small, diminutive, when compared to a normal counterpart

Sfumato: definition or form without hasty outline by mild gradation from light to shadow

Circadian: relating to or exhibiting approximately 24-hour periodicity 

Parapraxis: minor error, Freudian slip, slip of the tongue

Alembic: something that refines, purifies, or transmutes as if by distillation

Zenith: point on the celestial sphere that is above the observer, highest point, maximum

Lixiviation: act of separating soluble from insoluble substances via water or solvent

Bolster: to support and strengthen, structural part used to support and strengthen 

Phoenix: mythical bird of fire which rises from it’s ashes in a cycle of rebirth

Tregetour: juggler, mummer, conjurer

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The definitions are by no means comprehensive, but serve to give a nice outlined, everything is fact-checked, but they are mostly my truncated definitions(which are parsed, sometimes thoroughly). Regardless, they're but a section of gorgeous words, there are 14 more Words Works Processor(I really need to go check out Open Office) pages. And I constantly update the definitions, having to correlate between my newest undertaking(Coolest Words, which is currently at 12/21 pages), and I have begun separating alike terms to maintain interest, mostly for myself, but a side-effect is that when I post the entire list, it'll look nice and be informative.

Alleviate: to allay, to lessen in pain or negative occurrence or consequence
Diaspora: dissemination, dispersion, random or selective re-distribution
Salubrious: health-giving, healthy
Azoth: mythologized universal solvent, panacea
Amulet: a charm against evil or impurity, often a piece of jewelry
Lemniscate: the infinity symbol
Millennium: one thousand years
Talisman: item marked with magic signs though to confer magical powers or repel evil
Sylph: graceful woman, fairy, air elemental
Symphony: extended orchestral movements
Orchestra: large group of musicians with a variety of instruments
Nemesis: source of harm or ruin, unconquerable foe or enemy, vengeful opponent
Felicity: state of happiness
Lunacy: insanity, insanity with brief moments of clarity
Vitiate: impair, spoil, to the reduce quality of, to make worse
Chiasmus: rhetorical, inverse sentence, “One should eat to live, not live to eat”
Atelier: artist’s studio
Vicennial: happening every twenty years
Acervuline: aggregated, heaped up
Cynosure: that which garners great attention by calling to its brilliance, interest
Peninsula: piece of land mostly surrounded by water, except on one side
Eloquence: well-stated speech, flowing language, articulated speech and proper execution
Diaphanous: light, delicate, gossamer, translucent
Vaticinate: prophesy, prognosticate, augur, foretell
Nebulae: pl. collection of astral gases
Litany: large amount, plethora, long and tedious address or recital
Asylum: refuge, a place to restore sanity or facilitate recovery
Midst: in the middle of, among
Nymph: seductive or lustful woman, fairy
Moiety: one of two equal parts, half
Desuetude: state of disuse
Pyrrhic: of a victory, having high levels of casualties or damage on both sides
Eunoia: normal mental health, beautiful thinking
Colophon: inscription at the end of a book, an identifying emblem for a book
Svelte: suave, urbane, savvy, slender, lithe, polished, sophisticated
Stiletto: high-heel, dagger
Esoterica: item or thing that is esoteric, obscure, rare, or valuable
Pirouette: ballet spin
Zephyr: slight burst of gentle wind
Porcelain: strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic with glazed colored material
Mephitic: poisonous, noxious, lethally dangerous, insidious, toxic
Sierra: ridge of a mountain/mountains
Lunula: white crescent at the base of the fingernail
Nacreous: iridescent, pearly, like mother-of-pearl or nacre
Philander: to womanize or entertain casual sex wantonly

Alleviate: to allay, to lessen in pain or negative occurrence or consequence

Diaspora: dissemination, dispersion, random or selective re-distribution

Salubrious: health-giving, healthy

Azoth: mythologized universal solvent, panacea

Amulet: a charm against evil or impurity, often a piece of jewelry

Lemniscate: the infinity symbol

Millennium: one thousand years

Talisman: item marked with magic signs though to confer magical powers or repel evil

Sylph: graceful woman, fairy, air elemental

Symphony: extended orchestral movements

Orchestra: large group of musicians with a variety of instruments 

Nemesis: source of harm or ruin, unconquerable foe or enemy, vengeful opponent

Felicity: state of happiness

Lunacy: insanity, insanity with brief moments of clarity

Vitiate: impair, spoil, to the reduce quality of, to make worse

Chiasmus: rhetorical, inverse sentence, “One should eat to live, not live to eat”

Atelier: artist’s studio

Vicennial: happening every twenty years

Acervuline: aggregated, heaped up

Cynosure: that which garners great attention by calling to its brilliance, interest

Peninsula: piece of land mostly surrounded by water, except on one side

Eloquence: well-stated speech, flowing language, articulated speech and proper execution

Diaphanous: light, delicate, gossamer, translucent

Vaticinate: prophesy, prognosticate, augur, foretell

Nebulae: pl. collection of astral gases

Litany: large amount, plethora, long and tedious address or recital 

Asylum: refuge, a place to restore sanity or facilitate recovery

Midst: in the middle of, among

Nymph: seductive or lustful woman, fairy

Moiety: one of two equal parts, half

Desuetude: state of disuse

Pyrrhic: of a victory, having high levels of casualties or damage on both sides

Eunoia: normal mental health, beautiful thinking

Colophon: inscription at the end of a book, an identifying emblem for a book

Svelte: suave, urbane, savvy, slender, lithe, polished, sophisticated 

Stiletto: high-heel, dagger

Esoterica: item or thing that is esoteric, obscure, rare, or valuable

Pirouette: ballet spin

Zephyr: slight burst of gentle wind

Porcelain: strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic with glazed colored material

Mephitic: poisonous, noxious, lethally dangerous, insidious, toxic

Sierra: ridge of a mountain/mountains

Lunula: white crescent at the base of the fingernail

Nacreous: iridescent, pearly, like mother-of-pearl or nacre

Philander: to womanize or entertain casual sex wantonly