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1. A hot dust-laden wind from the Libyan deserts that blows on the northern Mediteranean coast chiefly n Italy, Malta, and Sicily
2. A hot or warm wind of cyclonic origin from an arid or heated region
Synonym: Sandstorm Antonym: Flurry
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Arrogant
Synonym: eminent Antonym: humble |
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recurred; recurring
1 To have recourse or source of help
2 To go back in thought or discourse
3 To occur again
Synonym: Resort Antonym: advance |
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1. A place where food is stored
2. A storage of food
Synonym: pantry Antonym: trashcan |
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fervens, fervor
1. very hot
2. exibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling
Synonym:impassioned Antonym: emotionless |
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1. to get (a response, information, etc.) from someone
2. to draw forth or bring out (something latent or potential)
Synonym: evoke, raise Antonym: quell, pacify
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aureola
1. A radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage
2. The luminous area surrounding the sun or other bright light when seen through thin cloud or mist
Synonym: radiance, aura, halo Antonym:
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1. firmly fixed in place
2. not subject to change
3. firm or strong in belief
Synonym: stanch Antonym: fickle |
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authorized, authorizing
1. to establish or give permission
2. to invest especially with legal authority
synonym: justify Antonym: disallow
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1. a hole so deep or a space so great that it cannot be measured
2. an immeasurably deep gulf or great space
Synonym: void Antonym: pothole
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adjective
1. having intellectual depth and insight
2. extending far below the surface
3. dificult to understand or comprehend
4. characterized by intensity of feeling or quality
synonym: complete, deep antonym: shallow, superficial
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syphon, siphoned
1. (noun) a bent tube used to move a liquid from one container into another container by means of air pressure
2. (verb) to transfer by using a siphon
3. (verb) to take and use for your own purpose.
synonym: withdraw, pump antonym: fill |
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1. one that carries a torch
2. someone in the forefront of a campaign, crusade, or movement
Synonym:catalyst antonym: follower
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impassive, impassively
Filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feelin.
Synonym:fervent Antonym: brooding |
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fomenenter (noun)
1. To promote the growth or development of (usually used with something negative.)
Synonym: provoke, elicit Antonym:discourage
Torchbearer foments a rebellion
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beelined
1. A straight direct course
2. To go quickly in a straight direct course
Synonym: straightaway Antonym: serpentine
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pensively
1. Musingly or dreamingly thoughtful.
2. Suggestive of sad thoughtfullness.
Synonym: brooding antonym: uneflective |
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To feel or show great happiness.
synonym: fervent ecstatic antonym: brood, bemoan
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To make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant.
synonym:quibble antonym: commend |
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uproar
1. A state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance.
2. Causing or intended to cause laughter.
Synonym:pandemonium Antonym: brooding
A torchbearer caused an uproar.
related to trample and foment
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brooding,brooded
1. The young of an animal or a family of young; especially : the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time.
2. A group having a common nature or origin.
3. To think anxiously or gloomily about.
Synonym:pensive, incubate Antonym: unrealated
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1. a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
2. a region remote from urban areas
Synonym: backcountry antonym: city |
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1. Stiffly formal and proper.
2. To give a prim or demure expression to.
synonym: neat antonym: unkempt
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trampled
1. To tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure.
2. To inflict injury or destruction especially contemptuously or ruthlessly.
synonym: stomp antonym: tiptoe
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sluiced
1. To pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse.
2. An artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow.
synonym: irrigate, rinse antonym: dam
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