Term
Sirocco - Noun
Siroccos, Sciricco, Sciriccos
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Definition
1. A hot laden wind that blows to Europe from Africa
2.A hot wind or warm wind from cyclonic origin or warm region
Synonyms- sandstorm, dust devil
Antonyms- calm dust, breeze
The sirocco went from Europe to Africa, and that is why it's so hot here. |
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Term
Highhanded-Adjective
High-handed |
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Definition
1. Ruling over other people without consideration of others feeling
2. The power of tyranny and ruling with force
Synonym- imperious, overbearing Antonym- modest
The highhanded wealthy person was being mean to the other poor people on the streets. |
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Recur- Verb
recurring, recurrence, recurrent |
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1. Occuring over and over again
2. To suddenly remeber something from the past
Synonym- reoccuring, repeatedly
Antonym- once, not often
The thought of forgeting to do my math homework while sleeping kept recurring in my mind |
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1. A room used to store things.
2. A storage area or an trash area.
Synonym- storage room, central room
Antonym- open area, operative area
The larder was full of junk and also full of werid stuff., which seemed kind of weird. |
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1. Having extreme passion intensly toward something or someone.
2. Hot, burning or glowing
Synonyms- passionated, impassioned
Antonyms- bored, not interested
He was extremely feverent toward arts and music. |
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Elicit-Verb
elicits, elicited
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Definition
1. To respond to one's own question
2. drawn forth into exsistence
Synonym- extract, evoke
Antonym- ignore, make-believe
The man elicited to the other person, not really paying much attention to what he was saying. |
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1. A circle of light surrounding someone, usually around the head or body.
2. A light that you can see around a person.
Synonyms- corona, areola, light
Antonyms- darkness
There was an aureole around the head of my friend. |
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1. Being completely loyal to someone or something.
2. Being ensured about something, such as religion.
Synonyms- staunch, loyal
Antonyms- fickle
This worker is extremely steadfast to his boss. |
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Aurthorize- Adjective
Authorization, Authorizing, Authorized |
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1. To look over someone or something.
2. To ensure the safety of a child or a pet.
Synonym- Watching over, spotting
Antonym- doing your own stuff
The parent authorized the childs so they didn't do anything dangerous. |
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Abyss- Noun, Adjective
Abysmal |
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1. A dark deep chasm that you do not know the end.
2. A wide difference amongst the people.
Synonyms- chasm, fissure
Antonyms- crack
The abyss in the ground made in seemingly impossible to walk over.
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Term
Profound- adjective
profundity |
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1. Extremely intense as in emotion.
2. Having shown great knowledge and insight.
Synonyms- sage, overwhelmed
Antonym- extremely dumb and idiotic
The man was extremely wise and extremely profound. |
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Siphon- Noun, verb
siphoning, siphoner |
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1. A tube used to suck up things and used to make it into other materials.
2. The proccess of sucking up liquid.
Synonyms- Suck, slowly devour
Antonyms- chew
Vampires were believed to siphon up blood. |
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1. A person who carries a torch.
2. A person who encourages others to achieve their goals.
Synonyms- enthusiastic, optimistic
Antonyms- pestimistic, selfish
The torchbearer helped me out in life, and I still have to repay him. |
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Impassioned- adjective
Impassionate, Impassion, Impassionable |
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1. Filled with or showing great emotion
2. The state of being extreme emotion
Synonyms- wholehearted, heartfelt
Antonyms- depressed
He was impassioned by his beautiful artwork. |
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Forment-verb
Formented, Formenting, |
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1. to instigate or to stir up
2. bathe with medical conditions
Synonyms- instigate, incite
Antonyms-discourage
The person was very forment to the other people around him. |
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Beeline- noun
Beelined, Beelining |
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1. A straight line between two places
2. A line used safely secure your animals
Synonyms- straight line
Antonyms- serpentine
I used a beeline to mark how long it took to get from my house to my neighbors. |
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Pensive- adjective
Pensitivity, Pensiveness |
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1. To be engaged in a deep thought
2. A reflection on what you did
Synonyms- Engaged, deep-hearted
Antonyms- Surfaced
He was in an extremely pensive mood. |
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1. The feeling of happiness from success
2. The feeling of jubilation
Synonyms- Jubilation, happiness
Antonyms- depression
He was exult due to the fact he aced his test. |
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1. A petty or unessecary objection
2. A objection seen as petty or unessecary
Synonyms- petty, unessecary
Antonyms- meaningful
When the teacher asked who did there homework, Calvin came up with a pretty cavil excuse. |
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1. Characteried by extremely loud noises.
2. Making loud laughter.
Synonyms- loud, noisy
Antonyms- quiet
That kid is really uproarious, well at least I think of that. |
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1. A family of young animals
2. Think deeply about something that makes you unhappy
Synonyms- sad, uncomfortable
Antonyms- laughing
The death of his grandfather made him extremely brood. |
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1. Uncharted areas on a map
2. An area beyond what is known
Synonyms: Backwood, Uncharted
Antonyms: Discovered
Never go in the woods if it is hinterland. It may be extremely dangerous. |
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1. stiffly formal and respectable
2. purse or mouth or lips in a respectable fashion
Synonyms- respectable, formal
Antonyms- informal
He always had a prim smile while in formal meetings. |
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1. To squish and crush
2. The sound of squishing and crushing
Synonyms- crush, tackling
Antonyms- gentle
He trampled over the poor old man. |
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1. A device used to control the flow of water
2. Wash with any type of water
Synonym- water flow, waterfall
Antonym- non-Sluice
The water source was stopped by a sluice |
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