| alchemy |
an ancient exploration and practice of chemistry which flourished particularly during medieval times. Practitioners used chemical processes in the hope of, for example, producing gold from base metals, finding the key to eternal life, and uncovering a single cure for all disease. |
| ballad |
a poem or song that tells a story. |
| berserk |
violently enraged; wildly destructive. |
| climate |
the usual weather conditions in a place. |
| elegance |
the quality of refinement, taste, and grace, especially when combined with richness of decoration or design. |
| exceed |
to go beyond or do more than. |
| forsake |
to leave or desert. |
| immigrate |
to come to live permanently in a country where one was not born. |
| inseparable |
impossible or difficult to divide or to conceive of apart; tending to remain together. |
| laden |
filled with a great weight. |
| mainstream |
agreeing with or shaped by the main trends and most common opinions of a group or society. |
| parental |
of or relating to the role of a mother or father. |
| reactive |
characterized by reaction or response to a stimulus; tending to react. |
| respiration |
the act of breathing. |
| restriction |
something that limits or restricts. |