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1.A hot, steady, tense, wind
2. A warm moist oppressive wind from the southeast
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Syn: Sandstorm, blackdevil
Ant: Hurricane, Ocean breeze
Sirocco : Hurricane (ant)
"My mouth was so dry as I battled the desert's intense Sirocco" |
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1. Using your power and authority over others without thinking about how they'll feel.
2. A power-thirsty tyrant.
Syn: Tyrant
Ant: Sage
Ano: Highhanded : Medieval Europe's Government (Syn)
"Charles is one of the most highhanded presidents I've ever seen." |
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1. To occur again or to happen again.
2. To repeat an event.
Syn: Repeat
Ant: halt
Ano: Recur: Trimester
In our school, a trimester occurs evry 1/3 of our school year. |
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1. A storage room.
2. A cupboard or a stroage closet.
Ant: --
Syn: Pantry
Ano: Larder : Storage |
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1. Showing intensity on something.
2. Expressing stress on a defenition.
Ant: Cool
Syn: Extreme
Ano: Fervent : Extreme |
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1. Evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.
Ant: Placate
Syn: Evoke
Ano: Elicit : Bait |
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1. A circle of light.
2. A bright ring around one's head or body showing divinity.
Ant: Darkness
Syn: Halo
Ano: Aureole : God |
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1. Resolutely or dutifully unwavering.
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| 1. To give permission to complete an action. |
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| 1. A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm. |
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| 1. Having or showing great knowldege or insight. |
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| 1. A tube used to convey liquid upwards from a reservoir and then down to a lower level of its own accord. |
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| 1. A person who carries a ceremonial torch. |
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| 1. Filled or showing great emotion. |
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| 1. Instigate or stir up and undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action. |
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| 1. A straight line between two places. |
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| 1. Engaged in, revolving, or reflecting deep or serious thought. |
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| 1. Show or feel elation or jubilation as a result of a success. |
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1. (v) Make petty or uneccessary objections.
(n) an objection seen as petty or uneccessary. |
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1. Characterized by provoking loud noise or uproar.
2. Provoking lous laughter; very fun. |
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1. (n) A family of young animals, especially of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth.
(V) Think deeply about something that makes one unhappy.
2. (V) To hatch. |
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| 1. An area lying behind what is visible or known. |
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1. (adj) Stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper.
(v) purse the mouth or lip into a prim expression. |
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1. (v) Tread on and crush.
(n) An act or the sound of trampling. |
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1. A sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate.
2. An act of rinsing or showering with water. |
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