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