Sirocco

(noun)

1. Hot or warm intense/dusty wind that comes from the Sahara and occurs mostly in North Africa and Southern Europe.

Synonym: windstorm

Antonym: zephyr

Sentence: There was a big sirocco yesterday and some houses were crushed and ruined.

Highhanded 

(adjective)

1. Bossy; isolently proud; arrogant

Synonym: imperious 

Antonym: modest 

Sentence: My sister is very highhanded sometimes. 

Recur

(verb)

1. To occur again

Synonym: repeat 

Antonym: stop

Sentence: My friend was talking about pizza when a thought recurred to me.

Larder 

(noun) 

1. A place where food is kept

2. A supply of food 

Synonym: pantry

Sentence: There's a larder down the street.

Fervent

(adjective)

1. Having/showing enthusiasum, spirit

2. Hot; glowing

Synonym: eager, excited

Antonym: glum

Sentence: I was feeling very fervent today because I got a pet dog.

Elicit

(verb) 

1. To bring out/draw forth

Synonym: evoke

Antonym: secret

Sentence: I elicited the answer to the question.

Aureole

(noun)

1. The light around the head/body of a sacred figure

2. The radiant light around the sun (or light seen through clouds and/or mist

Synonym: halo

Antonym: cloudiness/haziness

Sentence: There was a faint aureole around the sun.

Steadfast

(adjective)

1. Fixed in place

2. Determinated

Synonym: firm

Antonym: unstable

Sentence: Mary wasn't steadfast about the spelling bee.

Authorize

(verb)

1. To give official power to

Synonym: empower

Antonyms: unlicensed

Sentence: I authorized the playgroud.

Abyss

(noun)

1. A vast chasm

2. Infinite

Synonym: chasm

Antonym: close

Sentence: Space is abyss.

Profound

(adjective)

1. Showing great knowledge

2. Difficult to understand

Synonym: intelligent 

Antonym: insignificant

Sentence: History is sometimes profound.

Siphon (syphon)

(noun)

1. A bent tube that is used to move a liquid from one container to another

Synonym: funnel

Sentence: I use a siphon in science.

Torchbearer

(noun)

1. Someone who carries a torch

2. The lead of the group/campaign

Synonym: torch

Sentence: Bob was the torchbearer of the camp.

Impassioned

(adjective)

1. Having a lot of feeling

Synonym: emotion

Antonym: emotionless

Sentence: I'm very impassioned when it comes to animals.

Foment

(verb)

1. To cause the development of something bad

Antonym: calm

Sentence: They were fomenting on the wall.

Beeline

(noun)

1. A straight direct course

Synonym: shortcut

Antonym: sidetracked

Sentence: She beelined for the kitchen because she was hungry.

Pensive

(adjective)

1. Thoughtful or quietly sad (mood)

Synonym: wistful

Antonym: carefree

Sentence: They were in a pensive mood.

Exult

(verb)

1. To be excited or overly joyed

Synonym: ecstatic

Antonym: glum

Cavil

(verb)

1. To complain about things that are not important

Synonym: complain

Antonym: decorum

Sentence: She was annoying because she was being cavil.

Uproarious

(adjective)

1. Loud

2. Funny

Synonym: obnoxious

Antonym: boring

Sentence: He was so uproarious that my ears hurt.

Brood

(noun) (verb)

1. (noun) part of the same origin/nature

2. (verb) to think about something in an unhappy way

Synonym: sad

Antonym: exult

Sentence: I was feeling brood.

Hinterland

(noun)

1. An area that is far away from a city or town

Synonym: rural

Antonym: urban

Sentence: My cousins live in hinterland areas.

Prim

(adjective)

1. to be very formal

Synonym: decorum

Antonym: improper

Sentence: I went to a party where I had to dress prim.

Trample

(verb)

1. To step/fall heavily on something/someone

Synonym: stomp

Sentence: The man trampled over my roses and they were crushed.

Sluice

(noun)

1. A passage for water to pass through

Synonym: waterway

Sentence: The workmen build a sluice under my house.