LYRICAL

adjective LEER-ih-kul

Something described as lyrical has an artistically beautiful or expressive quality, often one that is reminiscent of song.

// The most time-honored political speeches in the nation’s history, regardless of subject, all tend to share an elegant, lyrical quality that makes them memorable across the ages.

DIVEST

verb dye-VEST

To divest something valuable, such as property or stocks, is to sell it. Similarly, to divest yourself of something valuable is to sell it or give it away. And if you divest someone or something of something, you take that thing away from them, or otherwise cause them to lose it or give it up.

Although somewhat old-fashioned, divest is also sometimes used to mean “to undress or strip especially of clothing, ornament, or equipment.”

// We may have to divest certain assets in order to raise the money.

// The court's ruling does not divest the family of their ability to use the property.

// I suppose it really is time to divest the Christmas tree of its ornaments, and stow it all away.

COQUETRY

noun KOH-kuh-tree

Coquetry means “a flirtatious act or attitude.”

// She enjoys using Valentine’s Day as an opportunity for playful gifts and coquetry.

GAMBIT

noun GAM-bit

A gambit is something done or said in order to gain an advantage or to produce a desired effect.

// The workers’ opening gambit in the negotiations was to demand a wage hike.

BESOTTED

adjective bih-SAH-tud

Besotted means “loving someone or something so much that you cannot think clearly.”

// He was so besotted with his classmate that he began to make errors in his work.

MAGNILOQUENT

adjective mag-NIL-uh-kwunt

Magniloquent describes language that is intended to sound very impressive and important, or a person who uses such language.

// The magniloquent sportscaster sometimes got so carried away with his monologues that he would forget to describe the action on the field.

IGNIS FATUUS

noun IG-nis FATCH-uh-wus

An ignis fatuus is a light that sometimes appears in the night over marshy ground and is often attributable to the combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter. The term can also refer to a deceptive goal or hope.

// An ignis fatuus hovered above the horizon as we made our late trek home.

// The film explores how people fall victim to the ignis fatuus of religious cults.

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