Transcendentalist Vocabulary

Affectation

a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

Alacrity

liveliness and eagerness

Aphorism

a short pithy instructive saying

Capitulate

surrender under agreed conditions

Conciliatory

intended to placate

Éclat

brilliant display or effect

Ephemeral

transitory; short lived

Expedient

something done or used to achieve a particular end usually quickly or temporarily

Expiate

make amends for

Insurrection

a violent uprising against an authority or government.

Interloper

a person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong.

Manifest

clear or obvious to the eye or mind.

Mendicant

practicing beggary

Prudence

the quality of being prudent; cautiousness.

Sycophant

a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage