Unit 2: Novel Study: The Alchemist, Pages 1–88

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  1. abandoned
    forsaken by owner or inhabitants
  2. enormous
    extraordinarily large in size or extent or degree
  3. crook
    a long staff with one end being hook shaped
  4. energy
    a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
  5. interpret
    give an explanation to
  6. gypsy
    a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
  7. Levant
    the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
  8. omen
    a sign of a thing about to happen
  9. principle
    a basic generalization that is accepted as true
  10. objective
    undistorted by emotion or personal bias
  11. converse
    carry on a discussion
  12. commission
    a fee for services rendered
  13. anxious
    causing or fraught with or showing nervousness
  14. depressed
    filled with melancholy and despondency
  15. orient
    the eastern hemisphere
  16. elixir
    a substance believed to cure all ills
  17. commitment
    an engagement by contract involving financial obligation
  18. coincidence
    the property of two things happening at the same time
  19. purification
    the process of removing impurities
  20. code
    represent ordinary language in a secret form
Created on Wed Dec 02 15:43:37 EST 2020 (updated Wed Dec 09 16:28:09 EST 2020)

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