Transcendentalism Vocab Flashcards
Transcendent (adj.); transcendence (n); transcend (v)
Beyond the limits of ordinary human experience
Impertinent (adj.); impertinence (n); impertinently (adv.)
Characterized by rudeness; irrelevant 😒
Decorum (n)
Good taste in conduct or appearance; polite behavior
Calamity (n); calamitous (adj); calamitously (adv)
Deep distress or misery; an event that causes great harm 🔥😰
Blithe (adj); blithely (adv)
Of a happy, carefree nature 🍃
Sublime (adj); sublimely (adv)
Having an impressive quality that inspires awe (verb is used in science)
Indubitably (adv); indubitability (n); indubitable (adj)
Too evident to be doubted; unquestionable; obvious
Occult (adj/v/n); occultly (adv); occulter (n)
Secret; hidden from view
Latent (adj); latently (adv); latency (n)
Present but not active or visible
Aversion (n); averse (adj)
A feeling of repugnance toward something with the desire to turn from it or avoid 🤢🤚🏼
Ephemeral (adj/n); ephemerally (adv)
Lasting a very short time 🤏⏰
Capitulate (v); capitulation (n)
To cease resisting; to surrender 🏳️
Arduous (adj); arduousness (n); arduously (adv)
Hard to accomplish; difficult 🏋️♀️🧠
Hobgoblin (n)
A mischievous elf or goblin. 😈👹
Sojourn (n/v); sojourner (n)
N: a temporary stay; V:to stay as a temporary resident 🏕️
Torpid (adj); torpidity (n)
Having too little energy or strength 🙅♀️💪
Ethereal (adj); ethereally (adv)
Of or relating to regions beyond the earth 👽👩🚀
Rout (v)
To drive out 🚗🫷
(Other undisclosed definitions we don’t care about)
Superfluous (adj); superfluousness (n); superfluously (adv)
Beyond what is enough or necessary (extra) 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆
Discern (v); discernment (n); discernible (adj)
To come to know, recognize, or understand
Obsequious (adj); Obsequiousness (n); Obsequiously (adv)
Ready to help or obey at the wish or command of another person, especially to gain favor
