Vocab 2

Question 1

amulet

Answer 1

an object worn to bring luck or to protect against evil or injury; charm

Question 2

capricious

Answer 2

characterized by or subject to sudden, unpredictable changes; fickle

Question 3

fatalism

Answer 3

the belief that all human events are determined in advance by fate and cannot be changed by human means

Question 4

incantation

Answer 4

a set of words spoken as a magic charm or to cast a magic spell

Question 5

propitious

Answer 5

presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious; advantageous

Question 6

providential

Answer 6

resulting from or seeming to result from divine will; fortunate; opportune

Question 7

quirk

Answer 7

a peculiarity of behavior; mannerism; idiosyncrasy; an unpredictable or unaccountable shift in action

Question 8

serendipity

Answer 8

the ability to make valuable discoveries by chance; luck

Question 9

vagary

Answer 9

a wild or unpredictable notion or action; odd fancy

Question 10

vicissitude

Answer 10

one of the sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one’s life, activities, or surrounding. A change or variation