List Two Flashcards
Remorse
Regret, moral anguish arising from repentance for past misdeeds
Cynicism
Attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, general distrust of the regrets or professed motives of others
Elicit
To call forth, draw out, provoke or evoke
Temporal
Relating to the material world, worldly not spiritual
Platonic
Transcending physical desire and tending toward the purely spiritual, ideal or intellectual relationship–not sexual
Cloistered
Secluded, quiet place, confined
Nostalgic
Bittersweet longing for things, persons or situations of the past
Pragmatic
Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical
Requisite
Required; essential
Secular
Worldly rather than spiritual
Sensual
Suggesting sexuality; voluptuous
Maudlin
Effusively or tearfully sentimental
Inordinate
Exceeding reasonable limits; excessive
Cosmic
Relating to the universe, universal, vast
Propensity
An innate inclination