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n.1. a hot steady wind.
syn. zephyr
ant. hurricane
The siroccos in the Gobi Desert can blind someone.
sirocco:sandstorm
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adj. having or showing no regard for the rights, concerns, or feelings of others; arrogant
syn. assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty
ant. humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant
highhanded:eminent
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v.1. to have recourse
v.2. to go back in thought
v.3. to come up again for consideration
v.4. to come again to mind to occur again after an interval , occur time after time
syn. consistent
ant. halted
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n.1. a place where food is stored
n.2. a supply of food
syn. silo
ant. tiny cupboard
cow:larder
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adj.1. very hot
adj.2. exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling
syn. burning, hot, ardent, blazing, burning, charged, demonstrative
ant. cold, cool, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, unemotional
fervent:heatstroke
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v.1. to draw forth or bring out
v.2. to call forth or draw out
syn. evoke, inspire, raise
ant. overlook, overpass, pass over
undead animmator:elicit
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n.1. a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage
n.2. the luminous area surrounding the sun or other bright light when seen through thin cloud or mist
n.3. a ring-shaped zone around an igneous intrusion
syn. halo, nimbus
ant. devil's horns
aureole:angel
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adj.1. firmly fixed in place, immovable
adj.2. not subject to change
adj.3 firm in belief, determination, or adherence , loyal
syn. constant, dedicated,
ant. disloyal, faithless, false, fickle, inconstant
steadfast:stubborn
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v.1. to establish by or as if by authority, sanction
v.2. to invest especially with legal authority, empower adj.1. archaic
syn. accredit, certify, commission
ant. disqualify, shut out, stop
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n.1. the bottomless gulf, pit, or chaos of the old cosmogonies
n.2. an immeasurablely deep cliff or great space
syn. abysm, chasm, deep, gulf, ocean
ant. hill, mountians,
syn. abysm, chasm
abyss:bottemless n.:closely related adj
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adj.1. having intellectual depth and insight
adj.2. difficult to fathom or understand
adj.3. extending far below the surface
ant. shallow, superficial
syn. abstruse, arcane, deep, esoteric, hermetic
profound:studying
effect:cause
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n.1. a bottle for holding aerated water that is driven out through a bent tube in its neck by the pressure of the gas when a valve in the tube is opened
v.1.to convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon often used with off
v.2. to take and use (something, such as money) for your own purpose
ant. bleed, draft, draw
syn. fill
bottle:siphon catergory:example
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n.1. one that carries a torch
n.2. someone in the forefront of a campaign, crusade, or movement
ant. aquarium holder/coward
syn. flagholder/vanguard
torchbearer:pyromancer
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adj. filled with passion or zeal, showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
syn. ardent, blazing, burning, zealot
ant. cold, cool, dispassionate, emotionless,
impassioned:anger
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v.1. to promote the growth or development of, rouse, incite
ant. bridle, check, constrain,
syn. abet, brew,
foment:big harvest
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n. a straight direct course
v. to go quickly in a straight direct course
ant. serpentine
syn. direct
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adj.1. musingly or dreamily, thoughtful
adj.2. suggestive of sad thoughtfulness
ant. unreflective
syn. broody, cogitative, meditative, melancholy, musing,
pensive:philosophers
closely related adj: n
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v.1. obsolete, to leap for joy
v.2. to be extremely joyful
ant. bemoan, bewail, grieve, lament
syn. crow, delight, exuberate, glory, jubilate, joy, kvell
sucess:exult
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v.1. to raise trivial and frivolous objection
v.2. to raise trivial objections to
syn. carp, quibble, fuss
ant.compliment, praise,
skeptic:cavil
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adj.1. marked by uproar
adj.2. very noisy and full
adj.3. extremely funny
ant. comical, droll
syn. humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic
saying somthing offesive on TV:uproarious
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n.1. the young of an animal or a family of young; especially the young hatched or cared for at one time
n.2. a group having a common nature or origin
the children of a family
adj. kept for breeding
v.1. to sit on or incubate (eggs)
v.2.to produce by or as if by incubation : hatch
ant. N/A
syn. set, hatch, incubate, sit
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n.1. a region lying inland from a coast
n.2. a region remote from urban areas
n.3. a region lying beyond major metropolitan or cultural centers
ant.island, penninsula
syn. backcountry, backland, backwater, backwoods,
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v.1. to give a prim or demure expression to
v.2. to dress primly
adj.1. stiffly formal and proper
adj.2. neat, trim
ant.disheveled,disordered, disorderly
syn. antiseptic, bandbox, crisp
prim:grooming
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v.1. to tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure
v.2.to inflict injury or destruction especially contemptuously or ruthlessly —usually used with on, over, or upon
syn. champ, stamp, stomp
ant. massage?
trample:pigs
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v.1.to draw off by or through a sluice
v.2.to wash with or in water running through or from a sluice
n.1. an artificial passage for water fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow
n.2. a body of water pent up behind a floodgate
n.3. a dock gate
ant. N/A
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