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LA Alchemist test
alchemist, aticle, poem and vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| zenith | the point directly above you when you look up |
| seminary | a college that prepares students to be preists, ministers, or rabbis |
| sacristy | a preperation room in the back of a church where sacred vessels are kept |
| fruitless | usless, unproductive, without results or success |
| leafing | reading pages quickly or cassually |
| infidels | a person who does not accept anothers religious beliefs |
| levanter | wind |
| profound | very great or intense |
| bazaar | a flea market, open market |
| incessantly | nonstop |
| espeanto | an artificial language written in 1887 |
| hookah | an oriental tobacco pipe |
| conspire | come together to bring about a particular result |
| divination | telling the future by using omens or aided by supernatural powers |
| capricious | given to sudden and unaccountable cange |
| incredulous | unwilling or unable to believe |
| nostalgia | wish to return to an earlier time or place because you have good feelings about it |
| exultant | very happy or joyfu |
| prognostication | foecast or prediction |
| cheiftain | the leader of a group or tribe |
| melancholy | sad |
| reiterated | repeated |
| tracts | a short pamphlet, typically on a religious subject |
| monotony | repetitionto the point of boredom |
| luminous | reflecting light |
| ravages | to ruin or damage |
| treasonous | faithless or being a traitor |
| arabe | to scrape or rub off |
| centurion | commander of an army |
| scarab | type of beetle-smbol of god |