Quizlet Lesson 55 Vocabulary

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  1. alchemist: one who practices mideval chemistry, or tries to change metals into gold
  2. amalgam: A combination of different elements
  3. august: Inspiring admiration or reverence
  4. caldron: a large kettle used for boiling
  5. conduit: a pipe or tube for conveying water or other fluids, flume
  6. document: to support with references or citations
  7. forensic: pertaining to debate or argument
  8. inaugural: the beginning, the first of a series
  9. invidious: causing animosity or resentment, hateful; offensive
  10. mellow: pleasingly mild
  11. nettle: to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger in
  12. pare: to reduce or to lesson
  13. placebo: substance with no medication given to humor a patient
  14. privation: to condition of lacking basic necessities of life
  15. protuberance: the state of bulging beyond the surronding area, protrusion
  16. refractory: unmanageable, stubborn with respect to authority
  17. reprehensible: deserving blame or repremand
  18. rife: common in occurrence, abundant
  19. serendipity: the faculty for making desirable discoveries by accident
  20. solace: to comfort or to cheer
  21. stipend: normal salary
  22. teeming: filled to overflowing; present in large amount
  23. unremitting: constant, incessant
  24. vitiated: impaired, corrupted, or made ineffective
  25. zephyer: a gentle breeze, the west wind