Alchemist Vocabulary

​Alchemist Vocab

By Nicole Beard

• Another word for God

• the one and only God in Islam

Allah

elements of chemistry, physics, medicine, spirituality, and metaphysics, with the ultimate goal of transforming base substances into more valuable ones, like turning lead into gold

alchemy

Words

animals used for transportation in the desert

Camel

a nomadic Arab in the desert, usually wearing hoods and long garments

Bedouins

Words

a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa.

caravan

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

capricious

Words

the ability to do something that frightens one

courage

a payment, usually a percentage of a sale, that is paid to an employee or sales representative for successfully completing a transaction, like selling goods or services

commision

Words

• a country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East, dates to the time of the pharaohs.

• Capital city: Cairo

Egypt

Take (a machine or structure) to pieces

dismantle

Words

a bright green precious stone consisting of a chromium-rich variety of beryl

emerald

a magical or medicinal potion

elixir

Words

the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power.

fate

a bird of prey with long pointed wings and a notched beak, typically catching prey by diving on it from above.

falcon

Words

a person who does not believe in religion or who adheres to a religion other than one's own.

infidel

a member of a people originating in South Asia and have a nomadic and free-spirited way of life, living across Europe and North and South America and speaking a language (Romani) that is related to Hindi

gypsy

Words

a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated

legend

the Islamic sacred book, believed to be the word of God as dictated to Muhammad

Koran

Words

a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean region.

levanter

a passionate expression of grief or sorrow

lament

Words

• A mythological figure who fell in love with his own reflection

• Which the word narcissist comes from

Narcissus

• the holiest city in Islam

• the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad

• a city in Saudi Arabia

Mecca

Words

a fertile spot in a desert, where water is found.

oasis

a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations

nostalgia

Words

• ancient structures with triangular sides converging at a point

• most famously seen in the Egypt, built as tombs for pharaohs.

pyramids

an event regarded as a sign of good or evil.

omen

Words

• make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack.

• repay in kind

retaliate

a legendary substance from alchemy, not a literal stone, that was believed to have the power to transmute base metals into gold and create the Elixir of Life, granting immortality.

Philosopher stone

Words

• the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state

• Capital: Madrid

Spain

a person who tends or raises sheep

shepherd

Words

• draw or pull out (a knife, sword, or similar weapon) from its covering.

unsheathe

the process of undergoing pain, distress or hardship.

suffering

Words