ascetic
a person who renounces material comforts
attenuate
to reduce, weaken, or lessen
attribute
to ascribe; to relate to a cause or source
depravity
moral corruption; perversion
discourse
discussion
encomium
praise; a tribute
ethereal
delicate, insubstantial
extrinsic
foreign; not essential
megalomania
obsession with doing great things
mutable
subject to change
poignant
touching, sentimental
primordial
primitive, first, initial
remuneration
compensation, payment
tactile
able to be touched or felt
transient
remaining only a short time