Words From This Unit
| Word | Meaning |
| dreamed | hoped strongly for something in the future |
| discouraged | made to lose confidence or hope |
| adolescence | the years between childhood and adulthood |
| tortured | hurt cruelly on purpose, often to punish or frighten |
| abandoned | gave up completely |
| hippie | a young person of the 1960s who rejected ordinary society and travelled freely |
| pilgrimage | a journey to a holy place |
| awakening | a moment of suddenly understanding something deeply |
| spurt | a short, sudden burst of activity |
| allegorical | telling a story that stands for a deeper meaning |
| mystical | connected with spiritual mystery |
| phenomenon | something remarkable that everyone notices |
| ostensibly | as it appears or is claimed, though perhaps not truly |
| embroidered | added invented details to make a story more interesting |
| oeuvre | the whole body of an artist's or writer's work |
| prestigious | respected and admired as very important |
| devoid | completely without something |
| naysayers | people who always criticise or say no |
| chronicles | tells events in the order they happened |
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