Transcendentalism Vocab

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impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; inspiring awe

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sublime

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lasting an indefinitely long time

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perpetual

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a feeling of deep respect

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reverence

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of many kinds; numerous and varied

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manifold

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irrelevant

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impertinent

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dignified behavior, speech, dress, etc.

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decorum

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holiness, saintliness, or godliness

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sanctity

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joyous or merry in disposition; glad; cheerful

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blithe

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excessive reference to oneself in conversation or writing; conceit; boastfulness

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egotism

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existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn

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connate

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of the earth, as distinct from other planets

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terrestrial

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carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional

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deliberately

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an accepting, unresisting attitude; submission

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resignation

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avoidable

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evitable

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too heavy, large or awkwardly shaped to be easily handled

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unwieldy

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continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending

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incessant

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having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful

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indolence

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pertaining to conflict or struggle within a group

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internecine

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a dark gemstone, usually a garnet

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carbuncle

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to disturb keenly or painfully; to distress the mind

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harrow

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a person, animal, or thing that goes before and indicates the approach to someone or something else; harbinger

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precursor

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the act of swinging or moving to and fro, as a pendulum does

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oscillation

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light, airy; delicate or refined; heavenly or celestial

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ethereal

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inferior in grade, quality, or character

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mean

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utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched

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abject

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causing sorrow or pity

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rueful

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precise details; small or trifling matters

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minutiae

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forced as opposed to natural

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artificial

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built like a castle, esp. with turrets and battlements

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castellated

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having fee or no burdens or obligations

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unencumbered

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gruesome and horrifying; representing death, esp. its grimmer or uglier aspect

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macabre

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a religious movement characterized by a belief in gnosis, through which the spiritual element in man could be released from its physicality

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Gnosticism

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any violent upheaval, can be social, political, or natural

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cataclysm

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a hypothetical substance supposed to occupy all space

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ether

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a gentle, mild breeze

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zephyr