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Elyzjah's Word Master Words
Word Master Word Competition 2
25
Language - English
7th Grade
01/07/2015

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Term
Sirocco, /səˈräkō/, noun
Definition

1. A hot dust-laden wind from the Libyan deserts that blows on the northern Mediterranean coast cheifly in Italy, Malta and Sicily.

 

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

Term
Highhanded, /'hăn'dĭd/, adjective
Definition

1. Arrogant; overbearing.

Term
Recur, /rĭ-kûr'/, verb
Definition

1. To go or come back in thought or discussion.

 

2. To occur or appear again esp. after an interval: occur time after time.

Term
Larder, /lär'dər/, noun
Definition

1. A place where foods are kept, (as meat).

Term
Fervent, /fûr'vənt/, adjective
Definition

1. Very hot: glowing.

 

2. Marked by great intensity of feeling.

Term
Elicit, /ēˈlisət/, verb
Definition

1. To draw out or forth.

Term
Aureole, /ôr'ē-ōl'/, noun
Definition

1. Halo, nimbus.

Term
Steadfast, /ˈstedˌfast/, adjective 
Definition

1. Firmly fixed in place.

 

2. No subject to change.

 

3. Firm in belief, determination, or adherence: loyal.

 

Term
Authorize, /ˈôTHəˌrīz/, verb
Definition

1. Sanction, (approve).

 

2. To give legal power to.

Term
Abyss, /əˈbis/, noun
Definition

1. The bottomless pit in old accounts of the universe.

 

2. An immeasurable depth.

Term
Profound, /prəˈfound/, adjective
Definition

1. Marked by intellectual depth or insight, < a-thought >.

 

2. Coming from or reaching to a depth, < a-sigh >.

 

3. Deeply felt: intense, < a-sympathy >.

Term
Siphon, /ˈsīfən/, noun
Definition

1. A bent tube through which a liquid can be transferred by means of air pressure up and over the edge of one container and into another container placed at a lower level.

 

2. A bottle that ejects soda water through a tube when a valve is opened.

Term
Torchbearer, /ˈtôrCHˌberər/, noun
Definition

1. A person who carries a torch.

 

2. One in the forefront, (as s political campaign).

Term
Impassioned, /imˈpaSHənd/, adjective
Definition

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

Term
Foment, /ˌfōˈment,/ verb
Definition

1. Incite

Term
Beeline, /ˈbēlīn/, noun
Definition

1. A straight direct course.

Term
Pensive, /ˈpensiv/, adjective
Definition

1. Musingly, dreamily, or sadly thoughtful.

Term
Exult, /iɡˈzəlt/, verb
Definition

1. Rejoice, glory.

Term
Cavil, /ˈkavəl/, verb
Definition

1. To make frivolous objections or raise trivial objections to.

Term
Uproarious, /ˌəpˈrôrēəs/, adjective
Definition

1. Marked by uproar.

 

2. Very nosiy and full.

 

3. Extremely funny.

Term
Brood, /bro͞od/, noun, adjective, and verb
Definition

1. Noun: A family of young animals or children and esp. of birds.

 

2. Adjective: Kept for breeding.

 

3. Verb: To sit on eggs to hatch them; also to shelter, (hatched young) with the wings.

 

4. Verb: To think anxiously or gloomily about something.

Term
Hinterland, /ˈhin(t)ərˌland/, noun
Definition

1. A reigon behind a coast.

 

2. A region remote from cities.

Term
Prim, /prim/, adjective
Definition

1. Primmer; primmest: stiffly formal and percise.

 

2. Prim abbr 1 primary 2 primitive.

Term
Trample, /ˈtrampəl/, verb
Definition

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

 

2. To inflict injury or destruction.

 

3. To press down or crush by or as if trending.

 

Term
Sluice, /slo͞os/, noun
Definition

1. An artifical passage for water with a gate for controlling the flow.

 

2. A chanel that carries off surplus water.

 

3. An inclined trough or flume for washing ore or floating logs.

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