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Alchemist Vocab

TermDefinition
Teeming Crowded and busy with people and/or things
Rueful To show and feel regret and sadness about something.
Maktub Means it is written and is commonly referenced to when talking about fate or destiny.
Alchemy The process of turning something common into something extraordinary through a impressive of magical process. Often used in old times when in the search for the secret to eternal life.
Capricious Can change suddenly without much rhyme or reason.
Intuitive To base understanding or something on feeling without much logical reasoning or evidence.
Nostalgia A sentimental feeling achieved when thinking about the past.
Balk To be unwilling or hesitant to do something.
Prognostication To predict or prophesize what is going to happen in the future.
Conspire To work together in order to get to a specific goal or achievement.
Sacristy A room in a church that a priest prepares for a service.
Theme The central meaning or lesson that the author wants us to understand
Motif An element that repeats multiple times through the story and has symbolic meaning.
Unity When all the elements work together in order to create a harmonious whole.
Love A universal feeling that is found in all types of literature. Represents human’s nature for connection and emotion.
Personal Legend A person’s destiny or life purpose that needs to be accomplished.
Omens Something that foreshadows a future event.
Free Will A character’s ability to make their own decisions and courses of action.
Fate Events that are already determined by external forces.
Inference Combining what you gain from the text with past experiences to come to a conclusion. Requires reading between the lines.
Explicit Textual Evidence Straightforward information that is given to the reader. It states specifically what it means.
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