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WORD MASTER 2
VOCABULARY
25
English
7th Grade
01/07/2015

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Term
SIROCCO
Definition
  • AN INTENSLY HOT AND STEADY WIND
  • MEDITERRANEAN WIND
  • PART OF SPEECH:  NOUN
  • SYN: FLURRY
  • ANT: 
Term

HIGHHANDED

HIGHHANDEDLY

HIGHHANDEDNESS

Definition
  • ARROGANT
  • PART OF SPEECH: ADJ, ADV, NOUN
  • SYN: OVERBEARING
  • ANT: DEMOCRATIC
Term

RECUR

RECURRENCE

RECURRENT

Definition
  • to happen, to return, or to appear again
  • part of speech:  verb, noun, adj.
  • syn:  persist/ reappear
  • ant: halt/stop
Term
LARDER
Definition
  • a place, such as a pantry or room, where food is stored
  • part of speech: noun
  • syn: groceries/ stock
Term

FERVENT

FERVENCY

FERNVENTNESS

Definition
  • PART OF SPEECH: ADJ.
  • PASSIONATE, ARDENT, VERY HOT
  • SYN: emotional
  • ant: calm/apathetic
Term

elicit

elicitation

elicitorn

 

Definition
  • to bring or draw out; to evoke
  • part of speech: verb, noun
  • syn: extract
  • ant: give/placate
Term

aureole

aureola

Definition
  • a halo
  • radiant circle
  • part of speech: noun
  • syn: corona
Term

steadfast

steadfastly

steadfastness

 

Definition
  • not changing or moving; firm in purpose; true; loyal
  • part of speech: adjective, adverb, noun
  • syn: stubborn/ faithful
  • ant: afraid/ dishonest
Term

authorize

authorizer

Definition
  • to give authority, to approve, to justify
  • permit/ allow
  • part of speech: verb
  • syn: empower/ license
  • ant: refuse/ reject
Term

ABYSS

ABYSSAL

Definition
  • a deep crack or gap in the earth
  • part of speech: noun and adj.
  • syn: depth/ chasm
  • ant:
Term

profound

profoundly

profoundness

Definition
  • deeply held or felt; intellectually penetrating
  • bottomless
  • intense
  • part of speech: adj., adv. , noun
  • syn: deep/ intelligent
  • ant: light/ ignorant/insignificant
Term

siphon

siphonal

Definition
  • a tube through which liquid from one container can be drawn  in to another by forced air pressure
  • part of speech: noun, adj.
  • syn: drain
  • ant:
Term
torchbearer
Definition
  • a person who carries a torch
  • a leader in a movement, campaign, etc.
  • part of speech: noun
  • syn: touchbase
Term

impassioned

impassionedly

Definition
  • filled with intense feeling or passion
  • part of speech: adjective
  • syn: ardent/ fierce
  • ant: apathetic/calm/cold
Term

foment

fomentation

Definition
  • promote the growth or development of
  • to apply warm water or medicated liquid
  • part of speech: verb, noun
  • syn: whip up/ abet
  • ant: deter/discourage
Term
beeline
Definition
  • a direct route travelled quickly
  • part of speech: noun
  • syn: shortcut
  • ant: detour
Term
pensive
Definition
  • dreamilly thoughtful
  • expressing thoughtfullness, marked by sadness
  • part of speech: adj
  • syn: sober/ wistful
  • ant: negligent/uncaring
Term

exult

exultation

Definition
  • to show or feel lively joy
  • to leap for joy
  • boast
  • part of speech: verb, noun
  • syn: rejoice
  • ant: conceal
Term

cavil

caviler

caviller

Definition
  • to raise irritating objection
  • find fault with unnecessarilly 
  • to oppose
  • a trivial and annoying objection
  • part of speech: verb, noun
  • syn: complain
  • ant:
Term

uproarious

uproariously

uproariousness

Definition
  • being in a state of noisy disturbance
  • making an uroaring sound
  • very funny or loud
  • part of speech:  adj,adv, noun
  • syn: raging, stormy
  • ant: solemn
Term

brood

broodless 

unbrooded

Definition
  • number of young produced at a time
  • breed or spiecies
  • to sit upon to hatch
  • to warm, protect, cover
  • meditate with morbid ( unhealthy mental state) persistance
  • aganize over
  • part of speech: noun, verb, adj
  • syn: stock
  • ant: parent/ be happy/ ignore
Term
hinterland
Definition
  • remote or less developed countries
  • the land lying behind a coastal region
  • an inland area supplying goods
  • part of speech: noun
  • syn: outback

Term

prim

primmer 

primmest

primmed

primming

Definition
  • formally proper: stiffly neat
  • draw up the mouth in a affective way
  • to draw in a precise expression
  • part of speech: adj, verb
  • syn: formal, rigid
  • ant: untidy, informal

Term

trample

trampler

untrampled

Definition
  • to tread heavily
  • to act in a harsh way/manner
  • to put out or crush
  • part of speech: verb
  • syn: encrouch
  • ant: aid, cure
Term

sluice

sluicelike

undersluice

unsluiced 

Definition
  • an artifical channel for conducting water
  • body of water held back
  • to let out, to drain
  • part of speech: noun, verb
  • syn: channel
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