| Term | Definition |
|---|
| apogee | point in an orbit farthest from earth; highest point |
| geocentric | considering earth is the center of the universe |
| perigee | point in orbit closest to the earth |
| inter | to bury (in a grave) |
| terra cotta | ceramic clay; reddish color of clay |
| terrestrial | earth and its inhabitants; land |
| exhume | to dig out; uncover |
| humus | rich dark organic material |
| mountebank | a trickster |
| paramount | chief importance; primary |
| promontory | high ridge of land jutting into water |
| pastoral | duties of a christian minister; grazing; ideal rural life |
| repast | a meal |
| rustic | typical country life; rural person; rough |
| rusticate | to go to the country; become rustic |
| animus | feeling of hostility; hatred; animating spirit |
| equanimity | calm in stressful conditions |
| pusillanimous | cowardly; fearful |
| ether | space beyond atmosphere; heavens; highly flammable liquid; anesthetic |
| ethereal | spirit-like in delicacy; heavenly |
| diaphanous | translucent |
| epiphany | diving being; understanding true nature; a christian festival |
| phantasm | phantom; something unreal |
| sycophant | a flatterer; seeking favors |
| aspiration | strong desire for achievement; expulsion of breath in speaking |
| dispirited | discouraged; gloomy |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| hyperborean | far north, Arctic; very cold |
| hyperventilation | taking abnormally fast and deep breaths |
| vent | outlet; opening for passage; to utter or express, relieving strong feelings |
| fervid | full of intense passion |
| effervescent | bubbling from liquid; excited |
| conflagration | large and destructive fire |
| flagrant | shockingly evident; conspicuous |
| inflammatory | arousing strong emotion; redness or swelling |
| flamboyant | colored/decorated in a showy way |
| incendiary | intended to start a fire; person who burns another's property for monetary advantage |
| incense | to infuriate; enrage |
| caustic | able to burn away chemically; sarcastic |
| cauterize | to burn with iron; to destroy abnormal tissue and stop infection/bleeding |
| pyre | pile of wood for burning a corpse |
| pyrotechnics | fireworks; display of accomplish |
| pyromania | a compulsion to set things on fire |
| scintilla | a very small amount |
| scintillate | spark; flash; animated; brilliant |
| confluence | flowing together (rivers, ideas, people) |
| effluent | stream/overflow from larger body; flowing out |
| flux | a flow; continuous succession of change |
| dehydrate | to remove water |
| hydrology | study of water's effect on earth |
| cormorant | dark hook billed seabird; greedy person |
| marinade | liquid seasoned with spices to flavor; meat before cooking |
| nauseate | queasiness and feeling of disgust |
| nave | long center of a church |
| pontiff | pope/bishop |
| pontificate | to speak with pompous authority |
| undulate | to have or cause to have waves |
| redound | reflect or comeback |
| redundant | exceeding what is needed; repetition |
| inundate | to overflow with water; to overwhelm |
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