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Dive into the world of serendipitous encounters and lucky charms with this fascinating lesson on the power of amulets and the whims of fate in literature. Explore the depths of alchemy, fatalism, and capriciousness while discovering the magic of providential interventions. Unlock the mysteries of vagaries and vicissitudes, and unravel how these concepts shape narratives and characters. Let serendipity guide your literary journey! 8
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Vocabulary Lesson 28 BY Ricardo Rivera Claudia Aliff Sebastian Morales
Quirk • An odd or particular habit
amulet • Something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
fatalism • A doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them.
alchemy A medieval chemical art, science, and speculative philosophy
vagary • An erratic, unpredictable whim, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
providential • Fortunate, lucky, and advantageous
propitious • favorably disposed • being a good omen • tending to favor
capricious • governed or characterized by caprice impulsive, unpredictable
SERENDIPITY • An lucky, accidental occurrence He found that town through pure chance! Good thing too, because he as starving.
Vicissitude • Change of state, usually to a worse one.