SIROCCO

DEFINITION - any hot, oppresive wind, especially one in the warm sector of a cyclone

SYNONYMS - sandstorm, dust devil

ANTONYMS - zephyr, breeze

ANALOGY - sirocco:cyclone (part:whole)

HIGHHANDED

DEFINITION - using power or authority without considering the feelings of others

SYNONYMS - arrogant, haughty

ANTONYMS - modest

ANALOGY - arrogant:highhanded (synonyms)

RECUR

DEFINITION - to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.

SYNONYMS - reappear, reiterate

ANTONYMS - halt, stop

ANALOGY - recur:event (action:thing acted upon)

LARDER

DEFINITION - a room or place where food is kept; a pantry

SYNONYMS - storage, pantry

ANTONYMS - 

ANALOGY - larder:food (whole:part)

FERVENT

DEFINITION - having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.

hot; burning; glowing

SYNONYMS - devout, passionate

ANTONYMS - calm, cool, dull

ANALOGY - fervent:happy (decreasing intensity)

ELICIT

DEFINITION - to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke

SYNONYMS - bring out, evoke

ANTONYMS - placate, soothe

ANALOGY - elicit:soothe (antonyms)

AUREOLE

DEFINITION - any encircling ring of light or color; halo

SYNONYMS - corona, halo

ANTONYMS - 

ANALOGY - aureole:halo (noun:closely related adjective)

STEADFAST

DEFINITION - fixed in direction; steaddily directed

firm in purpose, resolution, faith, etc. as a person

firmly in place; unmoving; unwavering

firmly established

SYNONYMS - staunch, dedicated

ANTONYMS - afraid, dishonest, disloyal

ANALOGY - steadfast:runner (action:subject performing action)

AUTHORIZE

DEFINITION - to give authority for; formally sanction

to establish by authority or usage 

to give authority or official power to; empower

SYNONYMS - empower, enable

ANTONYMS - refuse, reject

ANALOGY - authorize:usage (action:thing acted upon)

ABYSS

DEFINITION - a very dangerous or frightening situation

a deep, empty space, seen from a high point such as a mountain

a great difference which separates two people or groups

SYNONYMS - chasm, crevasse

ANTONYMS - mountain, platform

ANALOGY - abyss:deep (noun:closely related adjective)

PROFOUND

DEFINITION - important and having a strong influence or effect

showing strong, serious feelings

complete

deep or far below the surface of something

SYNONYMS - deep, intelligent, serious, thorough

ANTONYMS - light, open, unintellectual, unimportant

ANALOGY - profound:intelligent (synonyms)

SIPHON

DEFINITION - a bent tube used for getting liquid out of a container, used by holding one end of the tube at a lower level than the end in the container

a type of bottle used to hold soda water

to take money from a buisiness, account, etc. dishonestly, in order to use it for a purpose for which it was not intended

SYNONYMS - drain, funnel, tube

ANTONYMS - 

ANALOGY - siphon:funnel (tool:its action)

TORCHBEARER

DEFINITION - a person who carries a torch

a leader in a movement, campaign, etc.

SYNONYMS - flameholder

ANTONYMS - 

ANALOGY - olympics:torchbearer (object or place:its user)

IMPASSIONED

DEFINITION - full of strong feeling and emotion

SYNONYMS - passionate, ardent

ANTONYMS - apathetic, cold, indifferent

ANALOGY - impassioned:emapathetic (decreasing intensity)

FOMENT

DEFINITION - to do something that encourages people to cause a lot of trouble in society

SYNONYMS - arouse, brew, whip up

ANTONYMS - deter, discourage, dissuade

ANALOGY - foment:elicit (synonyms)

BEELINE

DEFINITION - a direct route traveled quickly

SYNONYMS - straightaway, shortcut

ANTONYMS - 

ANALOGY - beeline:fast (noun:closely related adjective)

PENSIVE

DEFINITION - dreamily or wistfully thoughtful

expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness

SYNONYMS - thoughtful, dreamy

ANTONYMS - negligent, uncaring

ANALOGY - penisve:pondering (increasing intensity)

EXULT

DEFINITION - to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exedingly; be highly elated or jubilant

to leap, especially for joy

SYNONYMS - rejoice, celebrate

ANTONYMS - grieve, mourn

ANALOGY - exult:foment (decreasing intensity)

CAVIL

DEFINITION - to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily

SYNONYMS - carp, criticize

ANTONYMS - 

ANALOGY - cavil:unhappy (effect:cause)

UPROARIOUS

DEFINITION - characterized by or in a state of uproar; 

tumultuous

making an uproar; confused an noisy, as an assembly, person, etc.

very funny, as a person or situation

very loud, as sounds or utterances

expressed by or producing an uproar

SYNONYMS - boisterous, hilarious

ANTONYMS - solemn, unfunny

ANALOGY - uproarious:funny (decreasing intensity)

BROOD

DEFINITION - a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring and young

a breed, species, group, or kind

to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate

SYNONYMS - offspring, breed

ANTONYMS - parent, child

ANALOGY - brood:parents (action:thind acted upon)

HINTERLAND

DEFINITION - the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country

the land lying behind a coastal region

an inland area supplying goods, esp. trade goods, to a port

SYNONYMS - outback, frontier

ANTONYMS - metropolis

ANALOGY - hinterland:metropolis (antonyms)

PRIM

DEFINITION - formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat

SYNONYMS - polite, tidy, demure

ANTONYMS - untidy, informal

ANALOGY - neat:prim (noun:closely related adjective)

TRAMPLE

TRAMPLE (v) TRAMPLED TRAMPLING

DEFINITION - to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp

to tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly

to act in a harsh, domineering, or cruel manner, as if treading roughly 

SYNONYMS - crush, flatten, run over

ANTONYMS - aid, assist, heal

ANALOGY - uncareful:trample (cause:effect)

SLUICE

DEFINITION - a stream of surplus water

the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate

SYNONYMS - channel, douse

ANTONYMS - 

ANALOGY -