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General Vocab
7th Grade
01/07/2015

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Term
Sirocco
Definition

Noun

1. A hot, dust-ladden wind

2. A warm moist oppressive southeast wind

Synonym(s)-

Antonym(s)-

The sirocco blew me off a cliff.

Analogy

Sirocco: Fervent

Subject: Closely Related Adjective

Term
Highhanded
Definition

Adjective

Highhandedly, Highhandedness

1. Arbituary, overbearing

My brother was being a highhanded pain in the neck.

Analogy

Highhanded: Cavil

Closely Related Adjective: Subject

Term
Recur
Definition

Verb

Recurred, Recurring, Recurrence

1. To go back in thought or discourse

2. to come again in mind

My mind reccured back to the time I finished the chips when I lied about not finishing the chips.

Analogy

Recur:

Term
Larder
Definition

Noun

1. A place where food is stored

2. A pantry

My larder was empty.

Analogy

Larder: Steadfast

Subject: Closely Related Adjective

Term
Fervent
Definition

Fervently

Adjective

 1. Very hot

2. Exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling

The pot was so fervent, the stew inside exaporated.

Analogy

Fervent: Sirocco

Closely Related Adjective: Subject

Term
Elicit
Definition

Verb

Elicitation, Eliciter

1. To call forth or draw out

2. To derive by logical processes

The sourness of the chemicals in the candy I ate refused to let the sugar elicit its sweetness.

Analogy

Elicit:

Term
Aureole
Definition

Noun

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

Through the clouds, I could see the aureole of the sun.

Analogy

Aureole:

Term
Steadfast
Definition

Adjective

Steadfastly, Steadfastness

1.Firmly fixed in one place

2. Not subject to change

The steadfast tree refused to be chopped down, try as they might with their chainsaws and bulldozers.

Analogy

Steadfast: Larder

Closely Related Adjective: Subject

 

Term
Authorize
Definition

Verb

Authorizer

1. To invest with legal authority

2. To furnish a ground for

My parents authorize me to not read will having dinner.

Analogy

Authorize:

Term
Abyss
Definition

Noun

1. The bottomless gulf, pit, or chaos of the old cosmogonies

2. An immesurably deep gulf or great space

I shoved the evil creature into the abyss.

Analogy

Abyss: Profound

Subject: Closely Related Adjective 

Term
Profound
Definition

Adjective

Profoundly, Profoundness

1. Having intellectual depth and insight

2. Extending far below the surface

 The profound abyss was so deep, anyone who fell in fell forever.

Analogy

Profound: Abyss

Closely Related Adjective: Subject

 

Term
Torchbearer
Definition

Noun

1. One that carries a torch

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

At the Olympics, there is sometimes always a torchbearer.

Analogy

Torchbearer: 

Term
Siphon
Definition

Noun

Siphoned, Siphoning

1. A tube bent to transfer liquid to a lower level using gravity

In Curious George, George used a garden hose to make a siphon.

Analogy

Siphon: Sluice

Subject: Closely Related Action

Term
Impassioned
Definition

Verb

Impassion, Impassioning

1. Showing great warmth or intensity of feeling

2. Filled with passion or zeal

The spoon collecter was impassioned of his spoons, due to his Obsessive Cumpulsion Disorder.

Analogy

Impassion: Uproarious

Increasing Intensity

Term
Foment
Definition

Verb

Fomenter, Fomented

1. To investigate or foster; promote the growth or development of

2. To apply warm water or medicated liquid, ointment, etc

Sherlock Holmes fomented the murder of his landlord.

Analogy

Foment:

 

Term
Beeline
Definition

Noun

1. A direct route traveled quickly

We made a beeline for the nearest exit before it clogged up with zombies.

Analogy

Beeline: Trample

SUbject: Closely Related Action

Term
Pensive
Definition

Adjective

Pensively, Pensiviness

1. Dreamily or wistfully thoughtful

2. Expressing or revealing thoughtfulness

The pensive boy solved the secret of the universe, destroying everything and everyone until nothing was left.

Analogy

Pensive: Brood

Decreasing Intensity

 

Term
Exult
Definition

Verb

Exultingly

1. To show or feel a lively or triumphant joy

2. To leap

The runner attempted to exult over the hurdle, but failed amd broke his nose.

Analogy

Exult:

Term
Cavil
Definition

Verb

Cavil(l)ed, Cavil(l)er, Cavil(l)ing

1. To raise trivial and frivolous objection

2. To raise trivial objections to

Everybody cavil(l)ed against the pensive boy's hypothesis about the secret to the universe.

Analogy

Cavil: Highhanded

Action: Closely Related Adjective

Term
Uproarious
Definition

Adjective

Uproariously, Uproariousness

1. Very noisy and full

2. Extremely funny

During period 6, it's usualy the most uproarious period out of all the others.

Analogy

Uproarious: Prim

Antonyms

Term
Brood
Definition

Verb

Broodingly, Brooding

1. To be in a state of depression

2. To dwell gloomingly on a subject

In Victorian times, everyone always seems dark and brooding.

Analogy

Brood: Pensive

Increasing Intensity

Term
Hinterland
Definition

Noun

`1. A region lying inland from a coast

2. A region lying beyond major metropolitan or cultural centers.

The three brave heroes faced the seemingly-brooding hinterland before them.

Analogy

Hinterland: Sirocco

Whole: Part

Term
Prim
Definition

Adjective

Primly, Primness

1. Stiffly formal and proper

2. Neat and trim

The hedges were trimly cut by shears large enough to slaghter a werewolf.

Analogy

Prim: Uproarious

Antonyms

Term
Trample
Definition

Verb

Trampler, Trampling, Trampled

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

2. To inflict injury or destruction

The prim hedges were trampled by a werewolf.

Analogy

Trample: Beeline

Closely Related Adjective: Subject

Term
Sluice
Definition

Verb

Sluiced, Sluicing

1. To wash with or in water running through or from a sluice

2. To drench witn sudden flow

The brooding Victorian lady sluiced the werewolf with her water hose.

Analogy 

Sluice: Siphon

Closely Related Action: Subject

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