Statistics for Vocab Units 9-12

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
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	100%
1. The regions of space beyond the earth's atmosphere; the heavens 2. A highly flammable liquid anesthetic	ether	100%
an exaggeration; a figure expressing excess	hyperbole	100%
The condition of taking abnormally fast, deep breaths	hyperventilation	100%
The bury; to place in a grave	inter	100%
A high ridge of land jutting into a body of water; a headland	promontory	100%
A pile of wood for burning a corpse as part of a funeral rite; any pile of combustible materials	pyre	100%
A meal; food served at a meal	repast	100%
1. Typical of country life and people; simple; rough 2. A rural person	rustic	100%
1. a powerful feeling of hostility or antagonism; hatred 2. an animating spirit	animus	50%
1. The point in its orbit when a planet or satellite is farthest from the earth 2. The highest point; culmination; apex	apogee	50%
1. strong desire for achievement; ambition towards a long-term goal 2. Expulsion of breath in speaking	aspiration	50%
1. Able to burn or eat away by chemical action 2. Sarcastic; marked by a biting wit	caustic	50%
To burn with a hot iron or a chemical to destroy abnormal tissue and/or to stop infection and/or bleeding	cauterize	50%
A large and destructive fire	conflagration	50%
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	50%
1. a dark, hook-billed sea bird 2. a greedy person	cormorant	50%
To remove moisture or to lose it	dehydrate	50%
Allowing light to show through; translucent; delicate	diaphanous	50%
dejected; discouraged; gloomy	dispirited	50%
1. Bubbling up from a liquid 2. Very exciting; bubbling over with high spirits	effervescent	50%
composure and calm under stressful conditions; equilibrium	equanimity	50%
1. Spirit-like in lightness and delicacy 2. Heavenly; celestial	ethereal	50%
1. To dig out of the ground or from a grave; to disinter 2. To bring to light; to uncover	exhume	50%
Full of intense passion or zeal	fervid	50%
shockingly evident; outrageously conspicuous	flagrant	50%
Colored or decorated in a showy way; having a showy appearance or manner	flamboyant	50%
1. a flow 2. A continuous succession of changes	flux	50%
1. Referring to the center of the earth in measurement or observation 2. Considering the earth as the center of a planetary system	geocentric	50%
Rich, dark organic material formed by decay of vegetable matter, essential to soil's fertility	humus	50%
The study of water and its effects on the earth + atmosphere	hydrology	50%
1. Far north; arctic 2. Very cold; frigid	hyperborean	50%
1. Designed or intended to cause a fire 2. Tending to stir up strife; inflammatory	incendiary	50%
to infuriate; to enrage	incense	50%
1. arousing strong emotion, especially anger or hostility 2. Pertaining to redness, swelling, or pain following an infection or injury	inflammatory	50%
a liquid to season meat or fish before cooking	marinade	50%
A swindler; charlatan; a trickster	mountebank	50%
1. to cause queasiness or sickness 2. to cause repulsion or disgust	nauseate	50%
the long central part of a church	nave	50%
Of chief importance; primary; foremost	paramount	50%
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	50%
The point in its orbit when a planet or satellite is nearest to earth	perigee	50%
a phantom; an apparition; something unreal, as in a dream or a vision	phantasm	50%
a pope or bishop	pontiff	50%
1. to speak with pompous authority 2. The office of a pontiff; papacy	pontificate	50%
cowardly; fearful	pusillanimous	50%
A compulsion to set things on fire	pyromania	50%
1. a display of fireworks 2. A spectacular display of virtuosity in music, writing, wit, or other accomplishment	pyrotechnics	50%
to reflect or come back either favorably or unfavorably	redound	50%
1. exceeding what is needed; no longer needed 2. verbose; needlessly repititious	redundant	50%
1. To go to the country 2. To cause to become rustic	rusticate	50%
A very small amount; a bit; and iota	scintilla	50%
1. To give off sparks; to flash; to sparkle 2. To be animated or brilliant	scintillate	50%
a flatterer seeking favors or gain; a servile self-seeker; a toady	sycophant	50%
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	50%
1. Pertaining to the earth and its inhabitants 2. Referring to land as distinct from water	terrestrial	50%
To have or to cause to have a wavy motion	undulate	50%
1. An outlet; an opening for passage of liquids, fumes, or sometimes air 2. To utter; to express, especially in relieving strong feelings	vent	50%
1. A stream or overflow from a large body of water or sewer 2. flowing out	effluent	0%
1. To submerge or overflow with water; to flood 2. To overwhelm	inundate	0%