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General Vocab
7th Grade
01/07/2015

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Term

Sirocco - Noun

Siroccos, Sciricco, Sciriccos

 

Definition

1. A hot laden wind that blows to Europe from Africa

2.A hot wind or warm wind from cyclonic origin or warm region

Synonyms- sandstorm, dust devil

Antonyms- calm dust, breeze

The sirocco went from Europe to Africa, and that is why it's so hot here.

Term

Highhanded-Adjective

High-handed

Definition

1. Ruling over other people without consideration of others feeling

2. The power of tyranny and ruling with force

Synonym- imperious, overbearing
Antonym- modest


The highhanded wealthy person was being mean to the other poor people on the streets.

Term

Recur- Verb

 recurring, recurrence, recurrent

Definition

1. Occuring over and over again

2. To suddenly remeber something from the past

Synonym- reoccuring, repeatedly

Antonym- once, not often

 

The thought of forgeting to do my math homework while sleeping kept recurring in my mind

Term

Larder-noun

Larders

Definition

1. A room used to store things.

2. A storage area or an trash area.

Synonym- storage room, central room

Antonym- open area, operative area

 

The larder was full of junk and also full of werid stuff., which seemed kind of weird.

Term
Feverent-Adjective
Definition

1. Having extreme passion intensly toward something or someone.

2. Hot, burning or glowing

Synonyms- passionated, impassioned

Antonyms- bored, not interested

 

He was extremely feverent toward arts and music.

Term

Elicit-Verb

elicits, elicited

 

Definition

1. To respond to one's own question

2. drawn forth into exsistence

Synonym- extract, evoke

Antonym- ignore, make-believe

 

The man elicited to the other person, not really paying much attention to what he was saying.

Term
Aureole-Noun
Definition

1. A circle of light surrounding someone, usually around the head or body.

2. A light that you can see around a person.

Synonyms- corona, areola, light

Antonyms- darkness

 

There was an aureole around the head of my friend.

Term
Steadfast- Adjective
Definition

1. Being completely loyal to someone or something.

2. Being ensured about something, such as religion.

Synonyms- staunch, loyal

Antonyms- fickle

 

This worker is extremely steadfast to his boss.

Term

Aurthorize- Adjective

Authorization, Authorizing, Authorized

Definition

1. To look over someone or something.

2. To ensure the safety of a child or a pet.

Synonym- Watching over, spotting

Antonym- doing your own stuff

 

The parent authorized the childs so they didn't do anything dangerous.

Term

Abyss- Noun, Adjective

Abysmal

Definition

1. A dark deep chasm that you do not know the end.

2. A wide difference amongst the people.

Synonyms- chasm, fissure

Antonyms- crack

 

The abyss in the ground made in seemingly impossible to walk over.

 

Term

Profound- adjective

profundity

Definition

1. Extremely intense as in emotion.

2. Having shown great knowledge and insight.

Synonyms- sage, overwhelmed

Antonym- extremely dumb and idiotic

 

The man was extremely wise and extremely profound.

Term

Siphon- Noun, verb

siphoning, siphoner

Definition

1. A tube used to suck up things and used to make it into other materials.

2. The proccess of sucking up liquid.

Synonyms- Suck, slowly devour

Antonyms- chew

 

 Vampires were believed to siphon up blood.

Term
torchbearer-noun
Definition

1. A person who carries a torch.

2. A person who encourages others to achieve their goals.

Synonyms- enthusiastic, optimistic

Antonyms- pestimistic, selfish

 

The torchbearer helped me out in life, and I still have to repay him.

Term

Impassioned- adjective

Impassionate, Impassion, Impassionable

Definition

1. Filled with or showing great emotion

2. The state of being extreme emotion

Synonyms- wholehearted, heartfelt

Antonyms- depressed

 

He was impassioned by his beautiful artwork.

Term

Forment-verb

Formented, Formenting, 

Definition

1. to instigate or to stir up

2. bathe with medical conditions

Synonyms-  instigate, incite

Antonyms-discourage

 

The person was very forment to the other people around him.

Term

Beeline- noun

Beelined, Beelining

Definition

1. A straight line between two places

2. A line used safely secure your animals

Synonyms- straight line

Antonyms- serpentine

 

I used a beeline to mark how long it took to get from my house to my neighbors.

Term

Pensive- adjective

Pensitivity, Pensiveness

Definition

1. To be engaged in a deep thought

2. A reflection on what you did

Synonyms- Engaged, deep-hearted

Antonyms- Surfaced

 He was in an extremely pensive mood.

Term
Exult- adjective
Definition

1. The feeling of happiness from success

2. The feeling of jubilation

Synonyms- Jubilation, happiness

Antonyms- depression

 

He was exult due to the fact he aced his test.

Term
Cavil- noun and verb
Definition

1. A petty or unessecary objection

2. A objection seen as petty or unessecary

Synonyms- petty, unessecary

Antonyms- meaningful

 

When the teacher asked who did there homework, Calvin came up with a pretty cavil excuse.

Term
Uproarious- adjective
Definition

1. Characteried by extremely loud noises.

2. Making loud laughter.

Synonyms- loud, noisy

Antonyms- quiet

 

That kid is really uproarious, well at least I think of that.

Term
Brood- noun, verb
Definition

1. A family of young animals

2. Think deeply about something that makes you unhappy

 

Synonyms- sad, uncomfortable

Antonyms- laughing

 

The death of his grandfather made him extremely brood.

Term
Hinterland- noun
Definition

1. Uncharted areas on a map

2. An area beyond what is known

Synonyms: Backwood, Uncharted

Antonyms: Discovered

 

Never go in the woods if it is hinterland. It may be extremely dangerous.

Term
Prim- adjective, verb
Definition

1. stiffly formal and respectable

2. purse or mouth or lips in a respectable fashion

Synonyms- respectable, formal

Antonyms- informal

 

He always had a prim smile while in formal meetings.

Term
Trample- noun verb
Definition

1. To squish and crush

2. The sound of squishing and crushing

 

Synonyms- crush, tackling

Antonyms- gentle

 

He trampled over the poor old man.

Term
Sluice- noun verb
Definition

1. A device used to control the flow of water

2. Wash with any type of water

 

Synonym- water flow, waterfall

Antonym- non-Sluice

 

The water source was stopped by a sluice

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