Vocabulary from Nature Cordial adj warm and friendly

• • • Vocabulary: “from Nature” Cordial- (adj) warm and friendly Exhilaration- (n) a feeling of extreme excitement of happiness Decorum- (n) behavior in keeping with good taste Perennial – (adj) continually recurring Calamity- (n) an event that causes great or sudden damage Blithe- (adj) showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper • Tranquil- (adj) free from disturbance; calm. • Occult- (n) supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, or phenomena • Temperance- (n) moderation or self-restraint, especially in eating and drinking • Nymph- a mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful

Vocabulary “from Self-Reliance” • Self-reliance- (n) reliance on one's own powers and resources rather than those of others • • Conviction- (n) a firmly held belief or opinion Toil- (v) work extremely hard or incessantly Deliverance- (n) the action of being rescued or set free Providence- (n) the protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power • Transcendent- (adj) beyond or above the range of normal or merely physical human experience • Aversion- (n) a strong dislike or disinclination • Nonconformist- (n) a person whose behavior or views do not conform to prevailing ideas or practices • Absolve- (v) to forgive • Hobgoblin- (n) (in mythology and fairy tales) a mischievous imp or sprite.