Term
Sirocco (sciroccos) noun
synonym: sandstorm
Antonym: snowstorm, monsoon |
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Definition
a hot wind, often dusty or rainy, blowing from North Africa across the Mediterranean to southern Europe.
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Highhanded(adj)
High-handed
synonym:pushy, imperious
antonym:modest |
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using power or authority without considering the feelings of others.
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Recur(verb)
recurring
syn: repeat
Ant: occasional |
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Definition
to occur again, as an event, experience,etc.
to return to the mind |
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Larder(noun)
larders
syn: safe
ant:bottle (bootle is small and so is is not a big space) |
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| a room or large cubboard for storing food |
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fervent(adj)
fervented
syn:intense
ant:mild |
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having or displaying a passionate intensity
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elicit(verb)
elicited
syn: obtain
ant: give |
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| to evoke or draw out a response |
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aureole(noun)
aureoles
syn: halo
ant: |
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| a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in therepresentation of a sacred personage. |
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steadfast(adj)
syn: faithful
ant: multi-minded |
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authorize(verb)
authorized
syn:empower
ant:unable |
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| to give authority or official power to |
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abyss(noun)
abysses
syn:chasm
Ant:a plain |
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| a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm. |
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profound(adj)
syn:thorough
ant: unintelligent |
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| penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge;having deep insight or understanding |
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siphon(noun)
siphons
syn: drain
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| a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, 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. |
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torchbearer(noun)
torchbearers
Syn: torchcarier
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| a person who carries a torch. |
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impassioned(adj)
impassionable
syn: fierce
ant: calm |
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| filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent. |
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foment(verb)
fomented
syn: mix
Ant: not well mixed (chunky) |
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beeline(noun)
syn: short cut
Ant: long route |
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| a direct route traveled quickly (usually in the phrase make a beelinefor): |
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pensive(adj)]
syn: unreal
Ant: realitistic |
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| dreamily or wistfully thoughtful |
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exult(verb)
syn:rejoice
Ant:be sad |
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| to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; behighly elated or jubilant |
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cavil(verb)
syn:criticize
ant: praise |
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| to raise irritating and trivial objections |
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uproarious(adj)
syn:hilarious
ant: boring |
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characterized by or in a state of uproar
making a uproar |
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brood(noun)
syn:offspring
ant: adult |
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| a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family ofoffspring or young |
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hinterland(noun)
syn:outback
ant: frontier |
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| Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country;back country |
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prim(adj)
syn: neat
ant: dirty |
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| formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior |
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trample (verb)
Syn: big steps
Ant: tipy toes |
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| to tread or step heavily and noisily |
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sluice(noun)
syn:channel
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| an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate(sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow. |
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