| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ineffable | too great to be described in words |
| inscrutable | impossible to understand or interpret |
| synchronistic | the simultaneous occurrence of events that appear significantly related but have no discernible casual connection |
| serendipity | the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way |
| fortuitous | happening by accident or chance rather than by design |
| hegemony | leadership or dominance, esp. by one country or social group over others |
| ethnocentrism | evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture |
| altruism | the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others |
| assuage | make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense |
| mitigate | make less severe, serious, or painful |
| limn | depict or describe in painting or words, highlight something with a bright color or light |
| discernible | perceive or recognize something |
| uncodified | not arranged according to a system |
| impenetrable | not capable of being entered or passed through |
| verifiable | capable of being proved true |
| ingenuous | innocent and naive |
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