Sirocco(noun)

siroccos

1. A hot, steady, blowing wind.

2. A hot, dust-laden wind.

Syn.

Hot air

Ant.

Cold air

A sirocco blew past the hot dry desert.

Increasing intensity

zephyr:sirocco

 Highhanded (adj.)

highhandedness

highhandedly

1. using power without considering the feelings of others

2. condescending or presumptuous

3. To have high hands.

Syn.

Arbitrary

Ant.

understanding

modest

The king ruled very highhandedly.

Cause:Effect

highhanded:won't be liked (friends)

Recur (adj.)

Recurred

Recurring

1. To occur again, as an event.

2. To return to the mind (idea).

Syn.

repeat

Ant.

stop repeating

The idea kept recurring in his mind.

synonyms

Recur:repeat

Larder (noun)

1. A room or place where food is kept.

2. A supply of food.

Syn. 

Pantry

Ant. 

scarce

not enough food

The kitchen's food supply was located in the larder.

Category:example

larder:pig fat

Fervent (adj.)

Fervently 

Ferventness

1. Having or showing great feeling.

2. Hot, burning glow.

Syn. 

intensity of spirit

Ant. 

dull feeling

The college graduate walked fervently as he went to receive his diploma.

Cause:effect

winning a competition:Fervent

Elicit (verb)

Elicitation

Elicitator

1. To draw or bring out or forth.

2. To take out.

Syn.

Extract

Ant. 

Suppress 

action:subject performing action

therapist:Elicit

Aureole (noun)

aureola

1. Any encircling ring of light or color.

2. A zone of altered country rock around an igneous intrusion.

Syn. 

Halo

Ant.

darkness

whole:part

angel:aureole

Steadfast (adj.)

Stedfast

Steadfastly

Steadfastness

1. Fixed in direction.

2. Firmly fixed in place or position.

Syn. 

Stable

Ant. 

Waver

antonyms

steadfast:unsteady

Authorize (verb)

Authorizing

Authorized

Authorise (British)

Authorizable

Authorizer

1. To give authority or official power to.

2. To establish by authority or usage.

Syn. 

Permit

Ant. 

Veto

subject performing action:its action

someone in the government:authorize

1. a deep, immeasurable space.

2. anything profound, unfathomable, or infinite

Syn. 

Gulf

Vast Chasm

Ant. 

tiny room

category example

abyss:outer space

Profound (adj.)

profounder

profoundest

1. having deep insight, or understanding.

2. of deep meaning

Syn. 

deep

sagacious

Ant.

shallow

superficial

The logician was a profound thinker.

noun:closely related adjective

abyss:profound

Siphon (noun)

siphonic

siphonal

siphonless

siphonlike

1. a tube used for drawing liquid from one container to another.

2. a projecting tubular part of some animals esp. mollusks through which liquid enters or leaves the body.

Syn.

straw

pipe

Ant.

lid

divider

tool:it's action

siphon:transfer liquids

Torchbearer (noun)

1. a person who carries a torch.

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

Syn.

Chief 

leader

Ant.

peasant

footsoldier

part:whole

torchbearer:movement

Impassioned (adj.)

Impassionedly

Impassionedness

1. filled with intense feeling or passion.

2. very passionate.

Syn.

emotional

Ant.

apathetic

The man walked impassionedly as he got his noble peace prize.

synonyms

Impassioned:fervent

Foment (verb)

Fomenter

1. to encourage or foster

2.to apply warm water or medicated liquid, ointments, etc., to the surface of the body.

Syn.

stimulate 

provoke

excite

stir up

Ant.

discourage

put-down

action:what the action is done to

foment:yeast

1. a direct route traveled quickly.

2. a quick path.

Syn.

short cut

Ant. 

slow curvy line

noun:closely related adjective

beeline:steadfast

Pensive (adj.)

pensively

pensiveness

1. a dreamily or wistfully thoughtful.

2. expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness.

Syn.

meditative

reflective

Ant.

thoughtless

A pensive mood

cause:effect

asked a difficult question:pensive

Exult (verb)

Exultingly

1. to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy.

2. to leap esp. for joy.

Syn.

delight

glory

Ant.

sorrow

cause:effect

impassioned:exult

Cavil (verb)

Caviled

Caviling

1. to raise irritating and trivial objections.

2. to oppose by inconsequential objections.

Syn.

complain

Ant.

agree

antonyms

authorize:cavil

Uproarious (adj.)

uproariously

uproariousness

1. very funny as a person or situation.

2. very loud as sounds or utterances.

Syn.

raging

stormy

turbulent

Ant.

quiet

calm

increasing intensity

funny:uproarious

Brood (noun and verb)

broodless

1. a number of young produced or hatched at one time.

2. a breed, species, group, or kind.

Syn.

litter

Ant.

single child

category:example

brood:canary

Hinterland (noun)

1. a remote or less developed part of a country.

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

Syn.

back country

Ant.

down town

los angeles

part:whole

hinterland:country

Prim (adj. and verb) 

primly

primness

primmer

primmest

primmed

primming

1. formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior.

2. to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way.

Syn.

formal 

rigid

Ant.

Flexible 

informal

cause:effect

follow decorum:Prim

Trample (verb)

trampled

trampling

trampler

1. to tread or step heavily and noisily.

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

Syn. 

stamp

Ant.

tiptoe

polite

action:subject performing action

Sluice (noun and verb)

sluiced

sluicing

sluice like

1. an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate at the upper end for regulating the flow.

2. a channel, esp. one carrying off surplus water.

Syn. 

drain

Ant.

container

synonyms

sluice:siphon