Golden word

• Altruistic


  showing a selfless concern to others
• ambiguous 


  Having more than one interpretation
• Ambivalent 


  Having mixed or contradictory ideas about something
• anguish 


  experiencing severe mental or physical pain
• apparition 


  A ghostly image
• Archaic 


  very old or old fashioned
• arduous


  involving strenuous effort
• Barren 


  empty of meaning or value
• Benevolent 


  Kind and well Meaning
• beguile 


  To charm someone, often in a deceptive way
• Besotted


  Being carried away by a strong passion for someone
• cacophony


  An unpleasant mixture of sounds
• Candid


  Being truthful and straightforward
• cantankerous


  Bad tempered and arguments
• Catalyst 


  Something that helps speed up a reaction or process
• cohesion 


  forming a united whole
• commemorate 


  recall and show respect for something
• complacent 


  showing an overly please satisfaction with yourself
• cordial 


  warm and friendly
• covetous 


  desiring to possess something that belong so others
• cumulative 


  the total increasing number of effect of something
• cynical 


  believing people are selfish and only ever try to help them self
• destitute 


  extremely poor and unable to look after yourself
• dignity 


  being worthy of resect and honour
• elated 


  ecstatically happy
• empathy 


  understanding and sharing feeling with others
• ephemeral 


  lasting for a very short time
• epiphany 


  a moment of sudden realisation
• equivocation 


  using language in an attempt to mislead
• ethereal 


  delicate and light or not of this world
• facetious 


  treating serious manner inappropriate humour
• feign 


  pretending to be affected by something
• feral


  wild and unruly, escaped from domestic life
• formidable 


  inspiring fear or respect from being large, intense or capable
• fractured 


  broken or cracked
• futile 


  pointless and incapable of producing and useful result
• haggard 


  looking exhausted and unwell
• hapless 


  unfortunate or unlucky
• harmonious 


  having a pleasing sound or showing agreement
• hiatus 


  a break, pause or interruption