TOEFL#8

Junichi H.
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  1. astronomy
    the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies
  2. rim
    the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
  3. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  4. optical
    relating to or using sight
  5. orbit
    the path of a celestial body in its revolution about another
  6. asteroid
    a small celestial body composed of rock and metal
  7. comet
    a small frozen mass that travels around the sun
  8. meteor
    a small, solid space object that has entered Earth's atmosphere
  9. Mercury
    messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce
  10. Venus
    the second nearest planet to the sun
  11. Mars
    Roman god of war and agriculture
  12. Jupiter
    supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus
  13. Saturn
    god of agriculture and vegetation
  14. Uranus
    god of the heavens
  15. Neptune
    a giant planet with a ring of ice particles
  16. Pluto
    the god of the underworld in ancient mythology
  17. dwarf
    a person who is markedly small
  18. interplanetary
    between or among planets
  19. Celsius
    Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer
  20. chunk
    a compact mass
  21. faltering
    the act of pausing uncertainly
  22. composition
    the way in which someone or something is put together
  23. tilt
    lean over; tip
  24. axis
    a straight line through a body or figure
  25. nebula
    an immense cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space
  26. faint
    lacking clarity, brightness, or loudness
  27. dense
    having high compaction or concentration
  28. bulge
    swell or protrude outwards
  29. infrared
    having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end
  30. radiation
    the act of spreading outward from a central source
  31. zillion
    a very large indefinite number
  32. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  33. tiny
    very small
  34. deduction
    the act of removing a part from the whole
  35. infer
    conclude by reasoning
Created on Sat Jan 12 17:07:05 EST 2008 (updated Sun Jan 13 06:37:59 EST 2008)

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