The Alchemist: Part I Vocabulary

What word fits best in the blank?
“The merchant was the ______ of a dry goods shop, and always demanded that the sheep be sheared in his presence, so that he would not be cheated.”

• proprietor 
• zenith
• seminary
• omen

What word fits best in the blank?
“The girl was typical of the region of _____, with flowing black hair, and eyes that vaguely recalled the Moorish conquerors.”

• teeming
• Moors
• Andalusia
• trajectory

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What word fits best in the blank?
“The girl was typical of the region of Andalusia, with flowing black hair, and eyes that vaguely recalled the _____ conquerors.”

• zenith
• seminary
• Andalusian
• Moorish

What word fits best in the blank?
“He knew that a few hours from now, with the sun at its _____, the heat would be so great that he would not be able to lead his flock across the fields."

• trajectory 
• teeming
• zenith
• omen

What word fits best in the blank?
“That he had attended _____ until he was sixteen.  His parents had wanted him to become a priest…”

• seminary
• Moors
• proprietor 
• lamenting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What word fits best in the blank?
“The world was huge and ______; he had only to allow his sheep to set the route for a while, and he would discover other interesting things.”

• teeming
• omen
• lamenting
• inexhaustible

What word fits best in the blank?
“He knew that wind: people called it the ______, because on it the Moors had come from the Levant at the eastern end of the Mediterranean.”

• Andalusian
• levanter
• Moorish
• omen

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What word fits best in the blank?
“He said that he had always dreamed of being a shepherd, and that it was a good _____.”

• levanter
• omen
• zenith
• seminary

What word fits best in the blank?
“The sun began its departure, as well.  The boy watched its _____ for some time, until it was hidden behind the white houses surrounding the plaza.”

• Andalusia
• levanter
• omen
• trajectory

What word fits best in the blank?
“He was feeling sorry for himself, and _____ the fact that his life could have changed so suddenly and so drastically.”

• lamenting 
• teeming
• proprietor
• trajectory