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Wordmasters Challenge Flash Cards #2
These are the vocabulary words for the wordmaster set #2.
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English
7th Grade
01/07/2015

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Term

sirocco

Definition

n.1. a hot dust like wind 2.a warm moist wind that blows southeast

sym: a warm wind             ant:a breeze

sirocco:warm::heavy wind:gale

A sircorro is a type of warm wind from the desert.

 

Term

highhanded

Definition

adj.1. using power without authority 2.not caring about others

sym:haughty,imperious         ant:modest,

high-handed:haughty::happy:joyful

Becoming high-handed is illegal.

Term
recur
Definition

vb.1.repeating lots of times 2. a thought of a memory,picture,etc.

sym:reoccur                     ant:pass,complete

recur:complete::happy:sad

The recurring of the events of the baseball game still amazed him even thought it has been a week.

Term
larder
Definition

n. 1.a lard cupboard for storing food 2.storage for meat

sym:refridgerator         ant:cabinet

 

larder:meat container::awake:sleep

We have a larder for storing food.

 

Term
fervent
Definition

adj.1. having a passionate intesity 2.boiling

sym:intense,passionate  ant:to get cold

 

fervent:passionate::hardworking:busy

Since that I put wanter into the kettle,the water was fervented.

 

Term
eilcit
Definition

vb. to get someone from another person

syn:to borrow               ant:steal

I needed to eilict a pencil form my classmate because my pencil broke.

Term
aurole
Definition

n a ring around it

sym:corona                        ant:no ring

aurole:corona::rain:storm

We found a piece of paper with a aurole.

Term
abyss
Definition

n a dark,glommy pit

syn: crack in the ground   ant: a happy place

jail:abyss::storm:hurricane

The cemetary was an abyss of sad people.

Term
profound
Definition

adj. a deep thought

sym: a thought         ant: to share ideas

thinking:profound::share:give away

 

I profounded that something bad was going to happen.

Term
siphon
Definition

vb to get rid of;to drain a liquid

sym:to drain       ant:to drink

pour:siphon::bad:worse

My dad siphoned the dirty water into the sink.

 

 

Term
torchbearer
Definition

n a person who carries a torch and leads the way.

syn: guide      ant:attacker

 torchbearer:guide::assistant:helper

 Thoughout history, the guide was the torchbearer.

 

Term
impassioned
Definition

vb filled with passion

sym:fervent     ant:unwilling

 impassioned:unwilling::wake:sleeping

Everyone has to be impassioned for something.

Term
forment
Definition

vb to rebel;to start

sym:to cause      ant:peace

forment:rebel:war:harm

There was a forment near the mayor's house beacuse he agreed to a bad law. 

Term
beeline
Definition

vb to go fast, direct,without stopping

sym:direct             ant:to stop

beeline:rest::peace:war

 

I beelined home from school to finish my homework.

Term
pensive
Definition

vb thoughts that make you worried

syn:worried                 ant:lax

pensive:lax::boy:girl

 

The 100 point test made me pensive and I couldn't sleep all night long.

Term
exult
Definition

adj to celebrate;rejoice

syn: party        ant: alone

exult:burst full of joy::calm:quiet

Me and my friends were happy that our favorite team had just won the finals.

Term
cavil
Definition

vb to make frivolus objections

syn:foolish          ant:smart

cavil:disagree::argue:agree

The unsmart lawyer objected against his cilent during the case.

Term
uproarious
Definition

vb to be loud

syn:bother          ant:silent

uproarous:quiet::bright :dark

There was an uproarious sound in the kitchen.

Term
brood
Definition

v. n. 1. a group of babies2. to warm eggs or shelter baby chicks,3.sulking,4. around babies

sym: to warm      ant:to make cold

brood:to get cold::hard:easy

In the chickencoop, there was a parent chicken brooding their babies.

 

Term
trample
Definition

vb to step on

sym:to step on                           ant:to avoid

trample:damage::anger:sadden

The paper on the floor was trampled by many passing students walking to their classes.

Term
hinderland
Definition

 n a faraway place;behind a coast

sym:far                                ant:local

hinderland:far::local:close

The hinderlands are somewhere faraway.

 

Term
prim
Definition

adj lady-like;shy,quiet,polite

syn:lady-like                  ant:brave

prim:brave:day:n

As I was walking n the sidewalk, I  saw a prim lady

 

 

Term
sluice
Definition

vb. n. the  passage way of the water;channel

to put a tropht with water, to pull from a sluice;to wash off

syn:to flow                   ant:to close

sluice:channel:go:stop

To use a sluice a channel, you have to raise a door.

 

 

 

Term
authorize
Definition

n to verfiy

syn:to authorize  ant:to hack

authorize:hack::happy:sad

In order to find out that it is really the real user, eveyone must have a password.

 

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