Match the vocabulary words with their definitions. 1. The rebirth of true learning. alchemy 2. The attempt to change base metals into gold by a mixture of science and magic. science 3. Orderly knowledge demonstrated by repeatable tests. atom 4. A person who attempts to explain some aspect of humans and the universe solely from natural logic or reasoning. philosopher 5. Medieval people who catalogued the ideas of ancient philosophers. base metals 6. An encyclopedia-like document written by a scholastic. summa 7. metals less valuable than gold Renaissance 8. a building block of all matter scholastics