The Alchemist Vocabulary Study Guide

Vocabulary terms and definitions from the study notes on The Alchemist Part 1.

Zenith

The highest point reached in the sky by the sun, moon, etc.

Muse

To think or meditate in silence about a subject.

Pang

A sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing.

Omen

Anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; prophetic significance.

Manifestation

An act of being readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; proof.

Objective

Not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; unbiased.

Devout

Devoted to divine worship or service.

Vanity

Excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain.

Infidel

A person who does not accept a particular faith, especially Christianity or Islam.

Intuitively

Done in a way where one is perceiving directly by intuition without rational thought.

Lament

To feel or express sorrow or regret for; to mourn for.

Preconceived

A previously formed conception or opinion, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.

Teeming

Abounding or swarming with something, as with people; prolific.

Nostalgia

A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life, to one’s home or homeland, or one’s family and friends.

Capricious

Subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic.