Lesson 55 Vocab

Terms	Definitions
Alchemist	one who practices medieval chemistry or tries to change metals into gold.
Amalgam	a combination of different elements.
August	inspiring reverence or admiration, majestic.
Caldron	a large kettle used for boiling.
Conduit	a pipe or tube for conveying water or other fluids, flume.
Document	to support with references or citations.
Forensic	pertaining to debate of argument.
Inaugral	the beginning, the first of a series.
Invidious	causing animosity or resentment; hateful; offensive.
Mellow	pleasingly mild.
Nettle	to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger in, irritate, provoke.
Pare	to reduce or to lessen.
Placebo	substance with no medication given to humor a patient.
Privation	the condition of lacking basic necessities of life.
Protuberance	the state of bulging beyond the surrounding area; protrusion, projection.
Refractory	unmanageable, stubborn with respect to authority, headstrong, willful.
Reprehensible	deserving bame or reprimand.
Rife	common in occurrence, abundant.
Serendipity	the faculty for making desirable discoveries by accident.
Solace	to comfort or to cheer, soothe.
Stipend	normal salary.
Teeming	filled to overflowing; present in a large amount.
Unremitting	constant, incessant.
Vitiated	impaired, corrupted, or made ineffective.
Zephyr	a gentle breeze, the west wind.

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