English transcendentalism

transcend

to go beyond

self-reliance

to depend on one's own powers

superfluous

unnecessary

eminent

famous

bastion

fortification

frolic

playful

tumultuous

noisy confusion; disorderly

courier

messenger

sexton

someone who looks after a church/churchyard

alder

tree (birch family)

bough

tree branch

enamel

opaque, semi-transparent covering/ shiny coating

bellowing

to omit a deep loud roar

noisome

unpleasant

covet

to yearn to possess or have; to desire

deity

a god/goddess

yield

relent/submit