| Term | Definition |
|---|
| apogee | point furthest from the earth |
| geocentric | earth is the center of the planets |
| perigee | point nearest to the earth |
| inter | to bury |
| terra cotta | ceramic clay (reddish color) |
| terrestrial | earth and its inhabitants |
| exhume | to dig out; to uncover |
| humus | rich dark organic material |
| mountebank | a trickster |
| paramount | primary |
| promontory | high ridge of land jutting into water |
| pastoral | christain minister and his duties; rural life |
| repast | a meal |
| rustic | typical country life |
| rusticate | to go to the country |
| animus | hatred |
| equanimity | calm in stressful conditions |
| pusillanimus | cowardly |
| ether | the heavens; flammable liquid |
| ethereal | spiritlike |
| diaphanous | translucent |
| epiphany | revelation |
| phantasm | phantom |
| sycophant | flatterer, trickster |
| aspiration | strong desire for achievement |
| dispirited | discouraged |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| hyperborean | artic |
| hyperventilation | fast breathing |
| vent | to express |
| fervid | passionate |
| effervescent | bubbling from liquid; excited |
| conflagration | large fire |
| flagrant | shockingly evident |
| inflammatory | to cause anger; swelling |
| flamboyant | showy appearance |
| incendiary | designed to cause fire; a person that casues fire |
| incense | to enrage |
| caustic | burn away by chemical action; sarcastic |
| cauterize | to burn to stop bleeding |
| pyre | a pile of combustible material |
| pyrotechnics | fireworks |
| pyromania | compulsion to set things on fire |
| scintilla | small amount |
| scintillate | to give sparks |
| confluence | together in ideas |
| effluent | flowing out |
| flux | a flow |
| dehydrate | to remove water |
| hydrology | study of water and its effects |
| cormorant | dark buck-billed bird; greedy person |
| marinade | to season |
| nauseate | to cause queasiness |
| nave | central part of a church |
| pontiff | pope or bishop |
| pontificate | to speak with authority; the office of a pontiff |
| undulate | wavy motion |
| redound | to reflect |
| redundant | repetitive |
| inundate | to submerge |
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