mysticism

Carolyn G. (United States of America)
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  1. abandonment
    the act of giving something up
  2. abdication
    the act of giving up power
  3. absorption
    a process in which one substance permeates another
  4. amiable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  5. amorous
    inclined toward or displaying love
  6. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  7. avowal
    a statement asserting the truth of something
  8. bereft
    lacking or deprived of something
  9. calculated
    carefully thought out in advance
  10. calm
    not agitated; without losing self-possession
  11. circulate
    move through a system and return to the starting point
  12. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  13. cloister
    residence that is a place of religious seclusion
  14. conglomeration
    a sum total of many varied things taken together
  15. coquettish
    like a flirtatious woman
  16. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  17. delectation
    a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
  18. detachment
    lack of emotion or interest
  19. devotee
    an ardent follower and admirer
  20. disconcerted
    having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
  21. disequilibrium
    loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others
  22. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  23. eloquence
    powerful and effective language
  24. enormous
    extraordinarily large in size or extent or degree
  25. enthusiastically
    in an eager manner
  26. espousal
    the act of expressing support or approval
  27. ethereal
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
  28. explosive
    a substance that releases great energy when heated or struck
  29. expressiveness
    the quality of being expressive
  30. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  31. exuberant
    joyously unrestrained
  32. exultation
    the utterance of sounds expressing great joy
  33. fanatical
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for a cause or idea
  34. fervor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  35. fluency
    powerful and effective language
  36. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  37. fusion
    the act of melding or melting together
  38. hysteria
    state of violent mental agitation
  39. illustrious
    widely known and esteemed
  40. inconceivable
    totally unlikely
  41. indifference
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care
  42. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  43. initiate
    set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for
  44. innocence
    the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong
  45. instinctively
    by natural impulse, without thinking
  46. intermingle
    mix or become mixed
  47. intertwine
    spin, wind, or twist together
  48. invisible
    impossible or nearly impossible to see
  49. lavish
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  50. magnetic
    of or relating to or caused by attraction for iron
  51. mystical
    beyond ordinary understanding
  52. nest
    a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
  53. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  54. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  55. odyssey
    a long wandering and eventful journey
  56. passion
    a strong feeling or emotion
  57. passivity
    the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
  58. penetrate
    pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
  59. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  60. perpetrate
    perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
  61. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  62. pursued
    followed with enmity as if to harm
  63. radial velocity
    velocity along the line of sight toward or away from the observer
  64. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  65. reinvigorated
    with restored energy
  66. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  67. reverie
    an abstracted state of absorption
  68. romantic
    expressive of or exciting love
  69. sacrifice
    the act of killing in order to appease a deity
  70. spark
    a small fragment of a burning substance
  71. spirit
    the vital principle or animating force within living things
  72. sublimity
    nobility in thought or feeling or style
  73. suspiciousness
    being of a suspicious nature
  74. temperament
    your usual mood
  75. tempting
    highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
  76. thrust
    push forcefully
  77. tormented
    experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
  78. uncompromising
    not willing to make concessions
  79. velocity
    distance traveled per unit time in one direction
  80. vulgar
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  81. idiosyncratic
    peculiar to the individual
  82. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  83. illusion
    an erroneous mental representation
  84. see
    perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
  85. image
    a visual representation produced on a surface
  86. envision
    imagine, conceive of, or see in one's mind
  87. apparition
    a ghostly appearing figure
  88. reverie
    an abstracted state of absorption
  89. fantasia
    a musical composition of a free form
  90. phantasmagoric
    characterized by fantastic and incongruous imagery
  91. phantasma
    something existing in perception only
  92. surreal
    characterized by fantastic and incongruous imagery
  93. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  94. verity
    conformity to reality or actuality
  95. invocation
    the act of appealing for help
  96. cathartic
    emotionally purging
  97. discalceate
    barefoot or wearing only sandals
  98. seclusion
    the act of isolating oneself from others
  99. quietude
    a state of peace and quiet
Created on Thu Sep 16 15:45:44 EDT 2010 (updated Sat Aug 18 10:27:55 EDT 2012)

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