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Vocabulary Lesson 28

Delve into the fascinating world of amulets, charms, and fatalistic beliefs. Learn about alchemy, capricious nature, and serendipitous encounters. Explore the concept of propitious events and navigate the vicissitudes of life.

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Vocabulary Lesson 28

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  1. Vocabulary Lesson 28 BY Ricardo Rivera Claudia Aliff Sebastian Morales

  2. Quirk • An odd or particular habit

  3. amulet • Something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil

  4. fatalism • A doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them.

  5. alchemy A medieval chemical art, science, and speculative philosophy

  6. vagary • An erratic, unpredictable whim, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion

  7. providential • Fortunate, lucky, and advantageous

  8. propitious • favorably disposed • being a good omen • tending to favor

  9. capricious • governed or characterized by caprice impulsive, unpredictable

  10. SERENDIPITY • An lucky, accidental occurrence He found that town through pure chance! Good thing too, because he as starving.

  11. Vicissitude • Change of state, usually to a worse one.

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