SIROCCO

noun, siroccos                

• a hot stifling, wind

sirocco: zephyr

decreasing intensity

HIGHHANDED

adj.,highhandedly(adv.),highhandedness(noun)

• arbitary
• overbearing

highhanded:

RECUR

LARDER

noun

• place where food supplies are kept

FERVENT

adjective

• hot, burning, glowing
• having/showing great warmth

ELICIT

vt.

• to draw forth
• to cause to be revealed
  

AUREOLE

noun, aureola

• a halo
• the sun's corona
  

STEADFAST

adj.

1. firm and unwavering

AUTHORIZE

verb, authorized, authorizing

• to justify
• to give official power

ABYSS

noun

•  a vast chasm
• anything infinite 

PROFOUND

adjective

• entering deeply into subjects of though or knowledge
• far beneath the surface

SIPHON

noun

• a tube bent into legs of unequal lenghts, to draw liquids 

TORCHBEARER

noun

• a person who carries a torch
• a leader in movement

IMPASSIONED

noun

• filled with intense passion 

FOMENT

verb

•  to promote the growth of
• to apply warm water or medicated liquids to... (surface of the body)

BEELINE

noun

• direct route traveled quicly 

PENSIVE

adjective

• dreamily or wistfully thoughtful
• expressing thoughtfullnes, usually marked by some sadnes

EXULT

verb

• to show or feel a triumphant joy
• to leap (for joy) 

CAVIL

verb, noun

• to find fault unnecessarily
• to oppose by sham objections
• an annoying objection

UPROARIOUS

adjective

• in a state of uproar
• very funny, as a person or situation
• very loud, as sounds or utterances

BROOD

noun, verb, adjective

• a number of offspring hatched at the same time
• a species
• to hatch, as a bird
• to dwell on a subject
• kept for breeding

HINTERLAND

noun

• the land behind a coastal region 

PRIM

adjedctive

• precise and proper

TRAMPLE

verb

• to tread or step heavily

SLUICE

noun

• an artificial channel for conducting water