Sunday, October 26, 2014

#49 Found Words: Alternate

Arcane - (adj.) obscure, secret, known only by a few. 

Bane - (n.) Cause of great distress or annoyance.


Consciousness - (n.) The state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings. 


Divine - (adj.) Of, from, or like God or a god.


Empathy - (n.) Sensitivity to another's feelings as if they were one's own.


Faith - (n.) Complete trust or confidence in someone or something. 

Guile - (n.) Sly or cunning intelligence.


Hubris - (n.) Excessive pride or self-confidence.


Illusion - (n.) A thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses.



Juxtapose - (v.) Place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.

Karma - (n.) The sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.

Lucid - (adj.) Expressed clearly; easy to understand.

Multiverse - (n.) An infinite realm of being or potential being of which the universe is regarded as a part or instance.

Neuron - (n.) A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses.

Omniscient - (adj.) Knowing everything.

Paradox - (n.) A statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.

Quintessence - (n.) The most perfect or typical example of quality or class.

Reincarnation - (n.) The rebirth of a soul in a new body.

Synchronicity - (n.) The simultaneous occurrence of events that appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.


Transcendence - (n.) Existence or experience beyond the normal physical level.

Unify - (v.) Make or become united, uniform, or whole.

Visceral - (adj.) Relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect.

Wrath - (n.) Extreme anger.

Xylem - (n.) The vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.

Yoga - (n.) A Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures, is widely practiced for health and relaxation.

Zenith - (n.) The highest point, culminating point
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