sirocco (n.)

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1. any hot, oppressive wind, esp. one blowing toward a center of low barometric pressure

Synonoms                 Antynoms

sandstorm                monsoon

Santa Ana winds     typhoon

Analogy: sirocco : tenement (thing : thing acted upon)

highhanded, highhandedly, highhandedness (adj., adv., n.)

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1. acting or done in an over-bearing or arbitrary manner

Synonoms          Antynoms

arrogant             humble

obnoxious          polite

Analogy: highhanded : devious (cause : effect)

recur (v.)

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1. to have recourse

2. to return, as in thought, talk, or memory

Synonoms        Antynoms

persist              halt

reappear          stop

Analogy: recur : nostalgicist (action : subject performing action)

larder (n.)

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1. A room or place where food is kept

Synonoms      Antynoms

pantry             shortage

rations            parts

Analogy: larder : large (noun : closely related adjective)

fervent, fervently, ferventness (adj., adv., n.)

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1. having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit or feeling

Synonoms       Antynoms

enthusiastic   unpassionate

passionate      unenthusiastic

Analogy: fervent : esctatic (decreasing intensity)

elicit, elicitation, elicitor (v., n., n.,)

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1. to draw or bring out or forth

Synonoms      Antynoms

educe              supress

evoke              soothe

Analogy: elicit : sageness (action : thing acted upon)

aureole (n.)

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steadfast, steadfastly, steadfastness (adj., adv., n.)

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1. fixed in direction; steadily directed

2. firm in purpose, resolution, faith

Synonoms        Antynoms

true                   wavering

intense             dishonest

Analogy: steadfast : stanch (increasing intensity)

authorize, authorizable, authorizer (v., adj., n.,)

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1. to give authority or official power to

Synonoms          Antynoms

empower            reject

okay                    disapprove

Analogy: authorize : official (action: subject performing action)

abyss (n.)

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1. a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity

2. anything profound, unfathomable, or infinite

Synonoms         Antynoms

chasm                measurable

void                    shallow

Analogy: abyss: lode (decreasing intensity)

profound, profoundly, profoundness (adj., adv., n.)

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1. penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge

Synonoms          Antynoms

sage                     trivial

philosophical    superficial

Analogy: eminent : profound (noun : closely related adjective)

siphon, siphonic, siphonless, siphonlike (n., adj., adj., adj.)

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1. a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length used to drain liquids

Synonoms            Antynoms

drain                     blockage

funnel                   stop

Analogy: insulate : siphon (action : thing acted upon)

torchbearer (n.)

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1. a person who carries a torch

2. a leader in a movement, campaign, etc.

Synonoms        Antynoms

ringleader        subordinate

Analogy: Olympics : torchbearer (object or place : it's user)

impassioned, impassionedly, impassionedness (adj., adv., n.)

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1. filled with intense feeling or passion

Synonoms        Antynoms

passionate       unenthusiastic

ardent               peaceful

Analogy: impassioned : sageness (cause : effect)

foment, fomenter (v., n.,)

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1. promote the growth or development of

Synonoms       Antynoms

nurture            disapprove

quicken            discourage

Analogy: ratifier : foment (action : subject performing action)

beeline (n.)

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1. a direct route traveled quickly

Synonoms         Antynoms

shortcut             detour

straightaway     longway

Analogy: beeline : serpentine (noun: closely related adjective)

pensive, pensively, pensiveness (adj., adv., n.,)

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1. dreamily or wistfully thoughtful

Synonoms      Antynoms

thoughtful      negligant

sober               uncaring

Analogy: pensive : nostalgia (increasing intensity)

exult, exultly (v., adv.)

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1. to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy

Synonoms          Antynoms

rejoice                 conceal

celebrate             mourn

Analogy: exult : escatic (increasing intensity)

cavil, caviller, cavillingly  (v., n., adv.)

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1. to raise irritating and trivial objections

Synonoms     Antynoms

quibble          pacify

criticize         calm

Analogy: cavil : egregious worker (action : subject performing action)

uproarious (adj.)

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1. characterized by or in a state of uproar

Synonoms      Antynoms

tumultuous    peaceful

boisterous      solemn

Analogy: deface : uproar (cause : effect)

brood, brook above/over (n., v.)

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1. a family of offspring or young

2. fill the atmosphere or scene

Synonoms         Antynoms

descendants     ancestors

loom                  empty

Analogy: brood : many (noun : closely related adjective)

hinterland (n.)

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1. the remote or less developed parts of a country

Synonoms        Antynoms

rural                  metropolis

outback            urban

Analogy: hinterland : tenement (increasign intensity)

prim, primly, primness (adj., adv., n.)

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1. formally precise or proper

Synonoms        Antynoms

overmodest     untidy

choosy              rumpled

Analogy: prim : protocol (decreasing intensity)

trample (v.)

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1. to tread or step heavily and noisily

Synonoms         Antynoms

stomp                assist

flatten                heal

Analogy: trample : peer (action : thing acted upon)

sluice (n.)

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1. an artificial channel for conducting water

Synonoms       Antynoms

douse               dry

pathway          promenade

Analogy: sluice : font (increasing intensity)