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Word Master - Febu. 2015
Vocabulary words
25
Language - English
7th Grade
01/07/2015

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Term
Sirocco
Definition

(Noun)

 

1. A hot wind, often dusty or rainy

 

Synonyms: opressive wind

Antonyms: stormy wind

Term
Highhanded
Definition
(adjective)


1. To use power without considering the safety and feelings of others.


Synonyms: Haughty, arrogant

Antonyms: Caring, modest

Term
Recur
Definition

(verb)

 

1. To occur again repeatedly

 

Synonyms: happen again

Antonyms: stop

Term
Larder
Definition

(noun)

 

1. Provisions of some sort

 

Synonyms: supplies

Antonyms: slim, thin

Term
Fervent
Definition
1. To have or show great warmth or intensity of spirit.
2. hot; burning; glowing.

Synonyms: enthusiasm
Antonyms: discouraged, cold
Term
Elicit
Definition
(verb)

1. To evoke or draw out a response, answer, or fact from someone in reaction to something.


Synonyms:
 extract, trigger
Antonyms: mix in
Term
Aureole
Definition

(noun)


1. A circle of light or brightness surrounding something (mostly depicted in art around the head or body of a person.)


Synonyms: corona

Antonyms: None

Term
Steadfast
Definition

(adjective)

 

1. Resolutely unwavering.


Synonyms: unwavering

Antonyms: staggering


Term
Authorize
Definition

(verb)


1. To give official permission for or approval to


Synonyms: sanction, permit

Antonyms: to ban

Term
Abyss
Definition

(noun)

 

1. a deep, seemingly bottomless pit

 

Synonym: chasm

Antonym: incline

 

Term
Profound
Definition

(adjective)

 

1. showing great knowledge

2. very great or intense

 

Synonyms: smart, cunning

Antonyms: ignorant, stupid

 

Term
Siphon
Definition

 

(verb, noun)


1.
 a tube used to convey liquid upwards from a reservoir and then down to a lower level of its own accord.

2. Draw off or convey (liquid) by means of a siphon.


Synonyms: drain
Antonyms: maintain
Term
Torchbearer
Definition

(noun)

 

1. a person who carries a ceremonial torch

 

Synonym: None

Antonym: None

Term
Impassioned
Definition

(adjective)

 

1. full of strong feeling and emotion.

 

Synonyms: emotional

Antonyms: steely

Term
Foment
Definition

(verb)

 

1. to do something bad that encourages people to do bad things

 

Synonyms: robbery

Antonyms: support, care

Term
Beeline
Definition

(noun)

 

1. to go quickly and directly to someone or something

 

Synonyms: rushing

Antonyms: taking your time

Term
Pensive
Definition

(adjective)

 

1. thinking about something worrying about someone or something

 

Synonyms: fussing

Antonyms: uncaring

Term
Exult
Definition

(verb)

 

1. to show that you are happy and proud

 

Synonyms: cheerful, joyous

Antonyms: sluggish, unhappy

Term
Cavil
Definition

(verb)

 

1. to make unecessary complaints about something

 

Synonyms: protest

Antonyms: obeying

Term
Uproarious
Definition

(adjective)

 

1. very noisy, due to laughing

 

Synonyms: loud

Antonyms: quiet

Term
Brood
Definition

(noun and verb)

 

1. to think about something that gives you emotions

2. a family of young birds

3. a lot of children

 

Synonyms: group, family

Antonyms: single, alone

Term
Hinterland
Definition

(noun)

 

1. a less developed area far away from cities

2. an area of land next to a city that is along a coast

 

Synonyms: piers

Antonyms: desert

Term
Prim
Definition

(adjective)

 

1. very formal and neat

 

Synonyms: clean

Antonyms: dirty, disgusting

Term
Trample
Definition

(verb)

 

1. to run over something

 

Synonyms: destroy

Antonyms: maintain, remake

Term
Sluice
Definition

(noun, verb)

 

1. a passage for water to flow through

2. to wash something with lots of water

 

Synonyms: pipes, wash the dishes

Antonyms: blockage

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