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Vocab Units 9-12

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1. The point in its orbit when a planet or satellite is farthest from the earth
2. The highest point; culmination; apex
apogee
1. Referring to the center of the earth in measurement or observation
2. Considering the earth as the center of a planetary system
geocentric
The point in its orbit when a planet or satellite is nearest to earth
perigee
The bury; to place in a grave
inter
1.Ceramic clay used in pottery, statuary, and construction
2. Referring to the color of the clay, a reddish brown that may vary from gray or orange to dark brown
terra cotta
1. Pertaining to the earth and its inhabitants
2. Referring to land as distinct from water
terrestrial
1. To dig out of the ground or from a grave; to disinter
2. To bring to light; to uncover
exhume
Rich, dark organic material formed by decay of vegetable matter, essential to soil's fertility
humus
A swindler; charlatan; a trickster
mountebank
Of chief importance; primary; foremost
paramount
A high ridge of land jutting into a body of water; a headland
promontory
1. Pertaining to a Christian minister or the duties accompanying the office
2. Referring to life in open country or to fields for farming or graing
3. Pertaining to and idealized rural life
pastoral
A meal; food served at a meal
repast
1. Typical of country life and people; simple; rough
2. A rural person
rustic
1. To go to the country
2. To cause to become rustic
rusticate
Full of intense passion or zeal
fervid
1. Bubbling up from a liquid
2. Very exciting; bubbling over with high spirits
effervescent
A large and destructive fire
conflagration
shockingly evident; outrageously conspicuous
flagrant
1. arousing strong emotion, especially anger or hostility
2. Pertaining to redness, swelling, or pain following an infection or injury
inflammatory
Colored or decorated in a showy way; having a showy appearance or manner
flamboyant
1. Designed or intended to cause a fire
2. Tending to stir up strife; inflammatory
incendiary
to infuriate; to enrage
incense
1. Able to burn or eat away by chemical action
2. Sarcastic; marked by a biting wit
caustic
To burn with a hot iron or a chemical to destroy abnormal tissue and/or to stop infection and/or bleeding
cauterize
A pile of wood for burning a corpse as part of a funeral rite; any pile of combustible materials
pyre
1. a display of fireworks
2. A spectacular display of virtuosity in music, writing, wit, or other accomplishment
pyrotechnics
A compulsion to set things on fire
pyromania
A very small amount; a bit; and iota
scintilla
1. To give off sparks; to flash; to sparkle
2. To be animated or brilliant
scintillate
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1. a powerful feeling of hostility or antagonism; hatred
2. an animating spirit
animus
composure and calm under stressful conditions; equilibrium
equanimity
cowardly; fearful
pusillanimous
1. The regions of space beyond the earth's atmosphere; the heavens
2. A highly flammable liquid anesthetic
ether
1. Spirit-like in lightness and delicacy
2. Heavenly; celestial
ethereal
Allowing light to show through; translucent; delicate
diaphanous
1. a revelatory manifestation of a divine being
2. A revelation; a flash of understanding of the true nature of something
3. A Christian festival, January 6, celebrating the visit of the wise men to the Christ Child.
epiphany
a phantom; an apparition; something unreal, as in a dream or a vision
phantasm
a flatterer seeking favors or gain; a servile self-seeker; a toady
sycophant
1. strong desire for achievement; ambition towards a long-term goal
2. Expulsion of breath in speaking
aspiration
dejected; discouraged; gloomy
dispirited
an exaggeration; a figure expressing excess
hyperbole
1. Far north; arctic
2. Very cold; frigid
hyperborean
The condition of taking abnormally fast, deep breaths
hyperventilation
1. An outlet; an opening for passage of liquids, fumes, or sometimes air
2. To utter; to express, especially in relieving strong feelings
vent
1. The flowing together of two or more elements: streams or rivers, or ideas, influences, or cultures
2. An assembling or flocking together in a crowd
confluence
1. A stream or overflow from a large body of water or sewer
2. flowing out
effluent
1. a flow
2. A continuous succession of changes
flux
To remove moisture or to lose it
dehydrate
The study of water and its effects on the earth + atmosphere
hydrology
1. a dark, hook-billed sea bird
2. a greedy person
cormorant
a liquid to season meat or fish before cooking
marinade
1. to cause queasiness or sickness
2. to cause repulsion or disgust
nauseate
the long central part of a church
nave
a pope or bishop
pontiff
1. to speak with pompous authority
2. The office of a pontiff; papacy
pontificate
To have or to cause to have a wavy motion
undulate
to reflect or come back either favorably or unfavorably
redound
1. exceeding what is needed; no longer needed
2. verbose; needlessly repititious
redundant
1. To submerge or overflow with water; to flood
2. To overwhelm
inundate
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