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AP Lang- Elemental Words

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199212928Terrestrialreferring to the planet earth or land
199212929soddensomething literally soaked through or something so dull and unimaginative that one might imagine a flood had carried away anything good
199212930delugerefers to a flood or heavy rain
199212931febrilesomething related to or characterized by fever
199212932torridintensely hot, burning
199212933incendiarydescribe substances that can cause fire or describes anything that figuratively inflames
199212934conflagrationrefers to a really big fire
199212935celestialliterally relating to the concept of sky or heaven or extremely good, figuratively "heavenly"
199212936etherealdescribes things that are heavenly/delicate
199212937firmamentrefers to the sky/heavens, used in religious/historical/ poetic context
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