Sirocco

POS: noun

Other forms: Siroccoed 

Definition: 1. hot, steady, oppressive wind blowing from the Libyan desert across the Mediterranean into South Europe.

2. Any hot, oppresive wind, especially one blowing towards a center of low barometric pressure. 

Syn: Sandstrom 

Ant: Blizzard

Sentence: The sirocco blew my hat out of my hands, on my journey to Europe. 

Highhanded

POS: adj

Other forms: Highhandedness, highhandedly

Definition: 1. Overbearing. 2. Arbitrary. 

Syn: forceful

Ant: underbearing 

My father is very highhanded. 

                           Recur

POS: verb.

Other forms: recurred, recurring

Definition: 1. to occur again. 2. to return to the mind.

Syn: persist, reappear

Ant: halt, stop

Diseases might recur in the same areas. 

Fervent

POS: adj. 

Other forms: fervently, ferventness

Definition: 1. having or showing great warmth of intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm. 2. hot, burning, glowing. 

Syn: passionate, intense, blazing.

Ant: calm, cold.

They were fervent during the movie, occasionally yelling and laughing. 

Auroeole

POS: noun. 

Other forms: 

Definition: 1. a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in representation of a sacred personage. 2. any encircling ring of light or color; halo. 

Syn: corona, halo. 

Ant: dim

The grass is an aureole of light green, my favorite color. 

Authorize

POS: verb. 

Other forms: authorized, authorizing.

Definition: 1. to give authority, formally sanction. 2. to empower. 

Syn: enable, entitle. 

Ant: refuse, deny. 

He authorized the thousand dollars given to her in payment of a debt. 

Profound

POS: adj. 

Other forms: profounder, profoundest. 

Definition: 1. penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge. 2. of deep meaning. 

Syn: deep, intelligent. 

Ant: ignorant, light. 

The suicide caused a profound impact on the family. 

foment

POS: verb tense.

Other forms: fomentation

Definition: 1. to treat with warm water, medicated lotions. 2. to stir up trouble; investigate. 

Syn: mischievious

Ant: goody two-shoes

Sentence: He was foment, and stirred up trouble often. 

pensive

POS: adj.

Other forms: penser

defintion: 1. thinking deeplyy or seriously, often of sad or melancholy things. 2. expressing deep thoughtfulness, often with some sadness. 

syn: depressed

Ant: unthoughtful

sentence: After her brother died, she was always pensive. 

cavil

POS: verb.

Other forms: cavilled, caviling

Definition: 1. to object when there is little reason to do so. 2. faultfinding.

Syn: picky, strict

Ant: careless, easy

The teacher was always cavil, grading tests so harshly. 

brood

POS: noun. 

Other forms: 

definition: 1. the offspring, or a family of offspring, of animals. 2. all the children in a family. 

syn: son, daughter

ant: adult

sentence: The family was huge, with a brood of eight children. 

prim

POS: adj. 

Other forms: primmer, primmest

definition: 1. formally, precise, or proper, as persons or behavior, stiffly neat. 2. to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice way. 

Syn: proper, decorous

Ant: untidy, informal

Sentence: The judge was very prim, her mouth often in a straight line. 

sluice

POS: noun

Other forms: sluiced, sluicing

definition: 1. an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate at the upper end for regulating the flow. 2. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate. 

syn: channel

ant: 

sentence: We have a sluice right besides our house, which often floods. 

Larder

POS: noun

Other forms: lardier

Definition: 1. a room or a place where food is kept; the pantry. 2. a supply of food

Syn: pantry

Ant: supply less

The war caused all the food in the larder to be finished, leaving the peasants and villagers hungry.

Elicit

POS: verb.

Other forms: unelicited

Definition: 1. to draw or bring out or forth 2. to give rise to.

Syn: Evoke

Ant: conceal

The commedian made a joke, elicting laughter from the audience.

Steadfast

POS: adj.

Other forms: steadfastly

Definition: 1. unwavering, faith. 2.firmly established, as an institution or as that of affairs.

Syn: loyal

Ant: fickle

I am steadfast in my belief.

Abyss

POS: noun

Definition: 1.a deep,immeasurable space, gulf,orcavity; vast chasm. 2.anything profound, unfathomable, or infinite.

Synonym: depth

Antonym: Shallow

The abyss is about 60 feet deep.

Siphon

POS: noun.

Other forms: siphonless

Definition: 1.for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.

2. a projecting tublar part of some animals, especially certain mollusks thorugh which liquid enters or leaves the body

Syn: drain

Ant: suck

The scientists siphoned the chemicals into the bigger container, where they will do their experiment.

Torchbearer

POS: noun.

Definition 1.a person who carries a torch. 2. a leader in a movement, campaign.

Syn: fire holder

Ant: someone who doesn't carry the torch

The torchbearer led the soldiers through the dim hallways to find the escaped prisoners.

Impassionate

POS: adj

Other forms: Impassionately 

Definition: 1.filled with intense feeling. 2.filled with passion Syn: emotional, fiery

Ant: emotionless, impassive

She was the impassionate type, just like her mother.

Beeline

POS: noun.

Other forms: Beelined

Definition: 1. A straight line or direct route: from the belief that a bee usually flies staright back to its hive after getting necter. 2. to go straight toward

Syn: route

Ant: curvy

During PE class, we did not want to take the long route, so, behind the teacher's back, we beelined straight across the field.

Exult

POS: verb.

Other forms: exultingly

Definition: 1. to leap up, leap for joy. 2.to rejoice greatly; bejubilent

Syn: Joyful

Ant: Grumpy

I was exulted when I got onto the dance team.

Uproarious

POS: adj.

Other forms: Uproariously, uproariousness

Definition

1. making, or characterized by, an uproar.2. loud and boisterous, as laughter.

Syn: joyous

Ant: quiet

The crowd was uproarious when their favorite boxer won.

Hinterland

POS: noun.

Definition: 1. the land or district behind that boardering on a coast or river, an  inland region claimed by the stare that owns the coast. 2. an are far from big cities and towns; back country

Syn: country side

Ant: City

I often go to visit my cousins, who live on the Hinterlands.

Trample

POS: verb.

Other forms: trampled

Definition: 1. to walk with heavy footsteps. 2. the sound of heavy foot steps, as of people marching.

Syn: marching

Ant: tiptoe

The rebels trampled around the castle, waving pitchforks and knives, ready to attack.