esurient \ih-SUR-ee-unt\ - hungry, greedy
Maybe this is my problem.
aphelion \a-FEEL-yun, ap-HEEL-yun\ - the point in the path of a celestial body (such as a planet) that is farthest from the sun
I knew this one. Or, I had an "Oh, yeah" moment when I saw the definition, and immediately connected it with its antonym perihelion before reading the write-up. I don't know why they didn't include the alternate pronunciation from their own definition of the word, though, in the WOTD article; I will almost certainly always pronounce it this way.
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