The Alchemist
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- Scabbard
- A sheath, as for a dagger or sword
- Conspire
- to agree together, esp. secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal
- Scimitar
- a curved, single-edged sword of Oriental origin
- Brandish
- to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish
- Dialect
- A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture in which it exists: Cockney is a dialect of English
- Prognostication
- To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell
- Monotony
- Uniformity or lack of variation in pitch, intonation, or inflection
- Tracts
- A leaflet or pamphlet containing a declaration or appeal, especially one put out by a religious or political group
- Agitated
- excited; disturbed
- Centurion
- The commander of a century in the Roman army
- Scarab
- A scarabaeid beetle, especially Scarabaeus sacer, regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians
- Alchemy
- a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life