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English
7th Grade
01/15/2015

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Sirocco

No Other forms of the word

Noun

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Its is a warm, steady wind

No Synonym's 

Sirroco :Dust Devil

 

 

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Highhandedness

Adjective

using power or authority without considering the feelings of others.  Imperious, Arbitrary 

highanded :boss




 
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Recuring

Verb
occur again, periodically, or repeatedly.

Reoccur, Reappear, Return





 
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Larder

Noun

 
  1. a room or large cupboard for storing food.

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Fervent

Adj.

Having or showing a passionate intensity

Impassioned

 

Fervent:Impassionate

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Elict

verb

evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.
Obtain
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Aureole

A radiance surrounding the head or figure in the representaton of a sacred personage

Aurole:Surrounding

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Stedfast

Adj.

resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.

Stedfast:Correct Direction
 
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Authorize

verb

to give athority or official power to.

Athorize:credit

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Abyss

noun

a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.
abyss:hole
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Profound

Adj.

(of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense.

Profound:intrest
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Siphon

Noun

a tube used to convey liquid upwards from a reservoir and then down to a lower level of its own accord.

siphon:drain

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torchbearer

noun

a           person who carries a ceremonial torch.
 
torchbearer:flashlight
 
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impassioned

Adj.

filled with or showing great emotion.
 
Impassioned:Passionate
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foment

verb

instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action).
froment:provoke
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beeline

noun

 
  1.       a straight line between two places.
  2.                                         beeline:shortcut
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pensive

Adj.

engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

pensive:generous

 
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exult

verb

show or feel elation or jubilation, especially as the result of a success.

 exult:extatic
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cavil

noun

a large, long-necked ungulate mammal of arid country, with long slender legs, broad cushioned feet, and either one or two humps on the back.

cavil:brawl

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uproarious

adj

characterized by or provoking loud noise or uproar.

uproarious:restrained
 
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brood

noun

a family of young animals, especially of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth.
brood:hatched
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hinterland

noun

the often uncharted areas beyond a coastal district or a river's banks.

hinterland:unseenland
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prim

adj

stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper.
prim:good attitude
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trample 

verb

to tred or step heavily and noisly

trample:crush

 

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sluice 

noun

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

sluice:wash

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