Trancendentalism

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Expedient (n, adj.)

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A means to an end, practical, often with connotation of practical as opposed to principle

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Inexpedient (adj.)

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Impractical, not an effective way of getting things done

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Alacrity (n.)

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Cheerful willingness, eagerness; speed of complying

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To Become (v.)
Becoming (adj.)

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To be appropriate or suitable to, to show a person to advantage either physically or socially or morally

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Fain (adj.)

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Gladly

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Reminiscence (n.)

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A remembered experience, the act of thinking or telling about a past experience

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Redress (n./v.)

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To set right, to remedy or rectify, to make amends to or for, to set straight; transitive verb: you redress a grievance

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Eradicate (v.)

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To completely eliminate, remove forever, to tear up by the roots

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Mean/ness (adj./n.)

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Small-spirited or small-minded or lacking in imagination

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Penitent (adj.)

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Feeling sorry for sin or wrongdoing, repentant

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Scourge (n./v.)

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In general, a cause of affliction, calamity, punishment or torture; more specifically can describe a whip or a lash

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Transgress (v.)

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To violate a law

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Impetuous (adj.)

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Impulsive, forceful, when you don't think before you act but rush right into something

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To avail oneself of (v.)

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To take advantage of (in a positive sense), make use of

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Set at naught (v.)

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To devalue, to consider worthless, value as nothing

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Absolve (v.)

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To free from guilt or blame or from a duty

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Wont to (adj.)

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Habitual or customary

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Importune (v.)

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To bother someone by interrupting them and asking for their attention

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Titular (adj.)

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In title

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Ephemeral (adj.)

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Short-lived, brief, fleeting

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Capitulate (v.)

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To give in to, to yield, to surrender

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Reverence (n.)

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A deep admiration for something, hint of worshipful

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Extemporaneous (adj.)

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Immprovised, on the spot, not fully controlled/planned

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Cognizant (adj.)

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Aware of, conscious of

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Moratorium (n.)

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A pause in activities, usually one mandated by an authority or law

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Appraisal (n.)
Appraise (v.)

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A valuation of something or consideration of its plusses and minuses

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Gadfly (n.)

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An irritating pest that won't leave someone alone

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Estrangement (n.)
Estranged (adj.)

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Feeling like a stranger to a situation or relationship; feeling alienated

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Rabid (adj.)

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Fanatically passionate about something

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Sublime (adj.)

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Grand in though, emotion, or feeling, so grand that it feels almost divine

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Paternalistic (adj.)

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Of or like a father; an attitude of treating someone like they are your child and you are daddy and know best

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Precipitate (v.)

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To throw or hurl; to cause suddenly to occur, to trigger an event

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Pilgrimage (n.)

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Journey to a sacred place

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Decorum (n.)
Decorous (adj.)

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Proper behavior or rules

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Sanctity (n.)

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Holiness or sacredness, purity

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Exude (v.)

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To ooze out, to spread out in all directions from, to display clearly as a prominent characteristic

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Terrestrial (adj.)

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Pertaining to the earth, also used to talk about mundane, worldly, down-to-earth topics as opposed to celestial or heavenly topics

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Spartan (adj.)

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Self-disciplined; tough, simple and unadorned, sparse, not possessing luxuries or frills or anything unnecessary

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Superfluous (adj.)

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Excessive quantity of something, extravagant, wasteful

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Insensible (adj.)

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Imperceptible, not picked up by the senses (NOT stupid or senseless)