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English
7th Grade
01/07/2015

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Term
sirocco
Definition

Noun 

1. A hot dust-laden wind from the Libyan deserts that blows on the northern Mediteranean coast chiefly n Italy, Malta, and Sicily

2. A hot or warm wind of cyclonic origin from an arid or heated region

Synonym: Sandstorm           Antonym: Flurry

 

Term
highhanded
Definition

adjective

Arrogant

Synonym: eminent                     Antonym: humble

Term
recur
Definition

verb

recurred; recurring

1 To have recourse or source of help 

2 To go back in thought or discourse

3 To occur again

Synonym: Resort                          Antonym: advance

Term
larder
Definition

noun

1. A place where food is stored

2. A storage of food

Synonym: pantry                         Antonym: trashcan

Term
fervent
Definition

adjective

fervens, fervor

1. very hot

2. exibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling

Synonym:impassioned                   Antonym: emotionless

Term
elicit
Definition

 verb

1. to get (a response, information, etc.) from someone

2. to draw forth or bring out (something latent or potential)

 

Synonym: evoke, raise                  Antonym: quell, pacify


 

 
Term

aureole

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Definition

noun

aureola

1. A radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage

2.  The luminous area surrounding the sun or other bright light when seen through thin cloud or mist 

Synonym: radiance, aura, halo                          Antonym: 


Term
steadfast
Definition

adjective

1. firmly fixed in place 

2. not subject to change

3. firm or strong in belief

Synonym: stanch                      Antonym: fickle

Term
authorize
Definition

verb

authorized, authorizing

1. to establish or give permission

2. to invest especially with legal authority

synonym: justify                         Antonym: disallow

Term

abyss

Definition

noun

1. a hole so deep or a space so great that it cannot be measured

2. an immeasurably deep gulf or great space

Synonym: void                           Antonym: pothole

 

Term
profound
Definition

adjective

1. having intellectual depth and insight

2. extending far below the surface

3. dificult to understand or comprehend

4. characterized by intensity of feeling or quality

synonym: complete, deep                antonym: shallow, superficial

Term
siphon
Definition

noun, verb

syphon, siphoned

1. (noun) a bent tube used to move a liquid from one container into another container by means of air pressure

2. (verb) to transfer by using a siphon

3. (verb) to take and use for your own purpose.

synonym: withdraw, pump         antonym: fill

Term
torchbearer
Definition

noun

1. one that carries a torch

2. someone in the forefront of a campaign, crusade, or movement

Synonym:catalyst                      antonym: follower

Term
impassioned
Definition

adj

impassive, impassively

Filled with passion or zeal :  showing great warmth or intensity of feelin.

 

Synonym:fervent                  Antonym: brooding

Term
foment
Definition

verb

fomenenter (noun)

1. To promote the growth or development of (usually used with something negative.)

Synonym: provoke, elicit                   Antonym:discourage

Torchbearer foments a rebellion

Term
beeline
Definition

noun, verb

beelined

1. A straight direct course

2. To go quickly in a straight direct course

Synonym: straightaway            Antonym: serpentine

Term
pensive
Definition

adjective, adverb

pensively

1. Musingly or dreamingly thoughtful.

2. Suggestive of sad thoughtfullness.

Synonym: brooding                  antonym: uneflective

Term
exult
Definition

verb

To feel or show great happiness.

synonym: fervent ecstatic         antonym: brood, bemoan

Related to fervent


Term
cavil
Definition

verb

To make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant.

synonym:quibble                   antonym: commend

Term
uproarious
Definition

adjective

uproar

1. A state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance.

2. Causing or intended to cause laughter.

Synonym:pandemonium          Antonym: brooding

A torchbearer caused an uproar.

related to trample and foment


Term
brood
Definition

noun, verb

brooding,brooded

1. The young of an animal or a family of young; especially :  the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time.

2. A group having a common nature or origin.

3. To think anxiously or gloomily about.

Synonym:pensive, incubate         Antonym: unrealated

Term
hinterland
Definition

noun

1. a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country

2. a region remote from urban areas

Synonym: backcountry              antonym: city

Term
prim
Definition

verb, adjective

1. Stiffly formal and proper.

2. To give a prim or demure expression to.

synonym: neat                          antonym: unkempt

Term
trample
Definition

verb

trampled

1. To tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure.

2. To inflict injury or destruction especially contemptuously or ruthlessly.

synonym: stomp                           antonym: tiptoe

Term
sluice
Definition

verb, noun

sluiced

1. To pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse.

2. An artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow.

synonym: irrigate, rinse                      antonym: dam

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