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100 Words Every Romance Reader Should Know

June 8, 2026

100 Words Every Romance Reader Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. ache feel emotional pain of love
2. adore love deeply and fondly
3. affection warm fondness or love
4. allure powerfully attract or entice
5. ardor great warmth of feeling
6. attraction romantic pull toward someone
7. bachelor unmarried man
8. ballroom room for formal dancing
9. beloved person dearly loved
10. besotted strongly infatuated
11. betrayal breaking trust in love
12. betrothed engaged to be married
13. bouquet arrangement of flowers
14. candlelight soft light from candles
15. caress gentle loving touch
16. chemistry natural romantic attraction
17. chivalrous courteous and gallant
18. confession open admission of feelings
19. courtship period of romantic pursuit
20. crush brief intense infatuation
21. darling dearly loved person
22. desirable worthy of romantic interest
23. desire strong longing or attraction
24. destiny fated course of events
25. devoted very loving and loyal
26. devotion loyal and loving commitment
27. elope run away to marry
28. embrace hold closely in affection
29. enchanted filled with romantic delight
30. engagement formal promise to marry
31. enraptured overwhelmed with pleasure or love
32. faithful loyal in love
33. fiance man engaged to marry
34. fiancee woman engaged to marry
35. flirt behave playfully with attraction
36. forbidden not allowed or approved
37. forgive stop feeling resentment
38. gallant brave and attentive in love
39. gaze look steadily and lovingly
40. glance brief meaningful look
41. gorgeous strikingly beautiful
42. happily ever after ideal romantic ending
43. head over heels completely in love
44. heartbreak great sorrow from lost love
45. heartthrob person widely found attractive
46. heiress woman inheriting wealth
47. honeymoon trip after marriage
48. infatuation intense foolish love
49. innocence lack of worldly experience
50. intimacy close personal connection
51. irresistible too attractive to refuse
52. jealousy fear of losing affection
53. kiss touch with the lips
54. letter written personal message
55. longing yearning for someone loved
56. love deep romantic affection
57. lover romantic or sexual partner
58. loyalty steadfast devotion
59. masquerade costumed social gathering
60. matrimony marriage
61. meet-cute charming first meeting
62. moonlight light from the moon
63. moonstruck dazed by romantic love
64. paramour lover, especially secret one
65. passion intense romantic desire
66. pledge serious promise or commitment
67. poetry literary writing with feeling
68. promise assurance something will happen
69. proposal offer of marriage
70. rake charming immoral man
71. reconcile restore friendly relations
72. redemption being saved from wrongs
73. reputation public opinion of character
74. reunion coming together again
75. rogue mischievous but attractive person
76. romance love and courtship
77. rose flower symbolizing love
78. sacrifice giving up something for love
79. scandal shocking public disgrace
80. scoundrel dishonorable but often charming man
81. seduction act of enticing romantically
82. smolder burn with restrained desire
83. soulmate person ideally suited in love
84. sweetheart beloved romantic partner
85. swoon be overcome with feeling
86. temptation desire to give in
87. tenderness gentle loving feeling
88. tension strained emotional excitement
89. touch physical contact with feeling
90. trust firm belief in reliability
91. tryst secret romantic meeting
92. virtue moral goodness or chastity
93. vows solemn marriage promises
94. vulnerability openness to emotional hurt
95. waltz graceful dance in triple time
96. wedding marriage ceremony
97. widow woman whose spouse died
98. wink quick playful eye signal
99. yearn long deeply for
100. yearning deep emotional craving

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