AP Vocabulary Lesson 55 Flashcards
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| 12530773145 | alchemist | one who practices medieval chemistry or tries to change metals into gold | 0 | |
| 12530773146 | amalgam | a combination of different elements | 1 | |
| 12530773147 | august | inspiring reverence or admiration | 2 | |
| 12530773148 | caldron | a large kettle used for boiling | 3 | |
| 12530773149 | conduit | a pipe or tube for conveying water or other fluids, flume | 4 | |
| 12530773150 | document (verb) | to support with references or citations | 5 | |
| 12530773151 | forensic | pertaining to debate or argument | 6 | |
| 12530773152 | inaugural | the beginning, the first of a series | 7 | |
| 12530773153 | invidious | causing animosity or resentment; hateful; offensive | 8 | |
| 12530773154 | mellow | pleasingly mild | 9 | |
| 12530773155 | nettle | to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger in | 10 | |
| 12530773156 | pare | to reduce or to lessen | 11 | |
| 12530773157 | placebo | substance with no medication given to humor a patient | 12 | |
| 12530773158 | privation | the condition of lacking basic necessities of life | 13 | |
| 12530773159 | protuberance | the state of bulging beyond the surrounding area; protrusion | 14 | |
| 12530773160 | refractory | unmanageable, stubborn with respect to authority | 15 | |
| 12530773161 | reprehensible | deserving blame or reprimand | 16 | |
| 12530773162 | rife | common in occurrence, abundant | 17 | |
| 12530773163 | serendipity | the faculty for making desirable discoveries by accident | 18 | |
| 12530773164 | solace | to comfort or to cheer | 19 | |
| 12530773165 | stipend | normal salary | 20 | |
| 12530773166 | teeming | filled to overflowing; present in a large amount | 21 | |
| 12530773167 | unremitting | constant, incessant | 22 | |
| 12530773168 | vitiated | impaired, corrupted, or made ineffective | 23 | |
| 12530773169 | zephyr | a gentle breeze, the west wind | 24 |