Sirocco

(scirocco, siroccos)

POS: noun

1. a hot or warm wind of cyclonic origin from an arid or heated region
2. a hot dust-laden wind from the Libyan deserts that blows on the northern Mediterranean coast chiefly in Italy, Malta, and Sicily

Syn: Santa Ana winds, sandstorm

Ant: cold breeze

Analogy: Decreasing Intensity

sirocco:zephyr::burning:hot

Highhanded

(highhandedly, highhandedness)

POS: adjective

1. having or showing no regard for the rights, concerns, or feelings of others
2. having a feeling of superiority in an overbearing attitude

Syn: bossy, overbearing

Ant:  meek, sheepish

Analogy:Cause:Effect

profound:highhanded::hard work:success

Recur

( recurred, recurring, recurrence, recurrent)

POS: verb

1. to run back (to occur again)
2. to go back in thought or discourse
3. to come up again for consideration

Syn: repeat, return

Ant: halt, stop

Analogy: Cause:Effect

recur:pensive::fan:breeze

Larder

(lard)

POS: noun

1. a place where food is stored
2. a supply of food

Syn: storage, pantry

Ant: no more food

Fervent

(fervently, fervor)

POS: adjective

1. very hot
2. exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling

Syn: ecstatic, impassioned

Ant: calm, unpassionate

Elicit

(elicitation, elicitor, elicited)

POS: verb

1. to draw forth or bring out (something latent or potential)
2. to call forth or draw out (as info or a response)

Syn: evoke, extract

Ant: give, keep

Analogy: Noun: Closely related adjective

siphon:elicit::funnel:extract

Aureole

(aureola)

POS: noun

1. an aura around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage
2. something that represents an aureole
3. a ring-shaped zone around an igneous intrusion

Syn: halo, aura

Ant: darkness

Steadfast

(steadfastly, steadfastness)

POS: adjective

1. a firmly fixed place
2. firm in belief, determination, or adherence
3. not subject to change

Syn: loyal, staunch

Ant: dishonest, unreliable

Authorize

(authorized, authorizing, authorizer)

POS: verb

1. to establish by or as if by authority
2. to invest esp. with legal authority

Syn: sanction, justify

Ant: invalidate, reject

Abyss

(abyssal, abysmal)

POS: noun

1. the bottomless gulf, pit, of chaos of the old cosmogonies
2. intellectual or moral depths

Syn: chasm, void

Ant: shallow hole

Profound

(profoundly, profoundness)

POS: adjective, noun

1. having intellectual depth and insight
2. characterized by intensity of feeling or quality
3. extending far below the depths
4. something that is very deep

Syn: intelligent, bottomless, intense

Ant: ignorant, shallow, insignificant

Siphon

(siphoned, siphoning)

POS: noun, verb

1. a bent tube used to convey liquids upwards and transfers it to a lower level; the liquid is forced into the tube by suction or immersion and then flows unaided
2. to convey, draw off or empty by or as if by a siphon

Syn: pump, funnel

Ant: fill

Analogy: Noun: Closely related adjective

siphon:elicit::funnel:extract

Torchbearer

(torchbearers)

POS: noun

1. one that carries a torch
2. someone in the forefront of a campaign, crusade, or movement

Syn: leader

Ant: follower

Analogy: Noun:Closely related adjective

torchbearer:impassioned::leader:passionate

Impassioned

(impassioning,impassion)

POS: adjective

1. filled with passion or zeal
2. showing great warmth or intensity of feeling

Syn: passionate, fervent

Ant: dispassionate, unenthusiastic

Analogy:Noun:Closely related adjective

torchbearer:impassioned::leader:passionate

Foment

(fomenter)

POS: verb

1. to promote the growth or development of
2. to cause or try to cause the growth of something bad and harmful

Syn: incite, rouse

Ant: discourage

Analogy: Action:Subject performing action

foment:torchbearer::govern:president

Beeline

POS: noun, verb

1. a straight, direct course
2. to go quickly in a straight, direct course

Syn: direct route

Ant: serpentine

Pensive

(pensively, pensiveness)

POS: adjective

1. musingly or dreamily thoughtful
2. suggestive of sad thoughtfulness

Syn: dreamy

Ant: uncaring

Exult

(exultingly, exultance, exultant, exultation, exultancy)

POS: verb

1. to boast
2. to be extremely joyful

Syn: gloat, delight

Ant: conceal ,grieve

Cavil

(caviled, caviling, caviler)

POS: verb

1. to raise trivial and frivolous objections
2. to complain about things that aren't important

Syn: criticize

Ant: compliment

Analogy:Cause:Effect

cavil:fervent::seed:tree

Uproarious

(uproariously, uproariousness)

POS: adjective

1. very noisy and full
2. extremely funny

Syn: clamorous, hilarious

Ant: quiet, meek

Brood

(brooding, brooder, broodingly)

POS: noun, adjective, verb

1. the young of an animal or a family of young
2. kept for breeding
3. to sit quietly in an unhappy way

Syn: offspring, mope

Ant: parent, be happy

Hinterland

POS: noun

1. a region lying inland from the coast
2. a region remote from urban areas

Syn: outback

Ant: metropolis

Prim

(primmed, primming, primmer, primmest, primly, primness)

POS: verb, adjective

1. to give a polite expression to
2. stiffly formal and proper

Syn: proper

Ant: scandalous, informal

Trample

(trampled, trampling, trampler)

POS: verb

1. to inflict injury or destruction by walking or stepping heavily on something or someone
2. to treat other people's feelings, wishes, or rights as if they are worthless or not important

Syn: crush, flatten

Ant: aid, assisst

Analogy: Effect:Cause

injury:trample::boredom:long speech

Sluice

(sluiced, sluicing)

POS: noun, verb

1. an artificial passage for water to flow through with a gate for controlling the flow
2. to wash or spray with a stream of water

Syn: floodgate, pour

Ant:trickle

Analogy: Noun:Closely related adjective

sluice:flowing::stars:shining