Sirocco

(n.)

1.  A hot, stifling wind blowing from the Libyan deserts into Southern Europe
2. Intensely hot wind.

Syn: sandstorm

Highhanded

(adj.)

1. acting or done without thought for what others want or think; arrogant and arbitrary.

Syn: arrogant

Ant: democratic

Recur

(vi.)

1. to turn for aid, safety, etc. 

2. to return in thought, talk, etc.

3. to occur again, as in memory

4. to happen or appear again or from time to time

Syn: repeat

Ant: halt

Larder

(n.)

1. a place where the food supplies of a household are kept; pantry. 

2. Supply of food

Syn: pantry

Ant: None

Fervent

(adj.)

1. hot; burning; glowing

2. having or showing great warmth of feeling; intensely earnest 

Syn: Impassioned

Ant: dull

Elicit

(vt.)

1. to draw forth; evoke

2. to cause to be revealed 

Syn: extract

Ant: supress

Aureole

(n.)

aureola

1. a halo

2. a fringe of light around the sun, as when it is viewed in a mist

Syn: Halo

Ant: None

Steadfast

(adj.)

steadfastly, steadfastness

1. firm or fixed; not changing or wavering; constant

Syn: abiding

Ant: disloyal

Authorize

(v.)

authorized, authorizing

1. to give authority or official power to; empower:

Syn: enable

Ant: deny 

Abyss

(n.)

1. a deep, imeasurable, gulf, space.

2. anyting profound or unfathomable.

3. the primal chaos before creation

Syn: void

Ant: Heaven

Profound

(adj.)

profounder, profoundest

1. entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge

2. originating to one's being

3. being or going far beneath what is superficial

Syn: deep

Ant: light

Siphon

(n.)

1. a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing aliquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing theshorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the onebelow, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer oneby the pressure of the atmosphere.

(v.)

2. to pass through as if through a siphon

Syn: funnel

Ant: None

Torchbearer

(n.)

1. a person who carries a torch

2. a leader in a movement; campaign.

Syn: Leader

Ant: follower

Impassioned

(adj.)

1. filled with intense feeling or passion

Syn: fervent

Ant: apathetic

Foment 

(v.)

1. the promote the growth or development of

2. to apply warm water or medicated liquids to the body

Syn: cultivate

Ant: deter

Beeline

(n.)

1. direct route traveled quickly

Syn: shortcut

Ant: Indirect

Pensive

(adj.)

1. dreamily or wistfully thought

2. expressing or revealing thoughtfulness

Syn: dreamy

Ant: negligent

Exult

(v.)

1. to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy. 

2. to leap from joy

Syn: rejoice

Ant: grieve

Cavil

(v.)

caviled, caviling

1. to raise irritating and trivial objections

2. to oppose by frivolous objections

Syn: criticize

Ant: agree

Uproarious

(adj.)

1. in a state of uproar

2. making an uproar

3. expressed by or producing uproar

Syn: boisterous

Ant: solemn

Brood

(n. , v. , adj.)

(n.)

1. a breed, species, or kind

2. a family of offspring

(v.)

1. to dwell on a subject

2. to sit upon eggs

(adj.)

1. kept for breeding

Syn: offspring

Ant: parent

Hinterland

(n.)

1. the less developed parts of a country

2. the land lying behind a coastal region

3. an inland area supporting goods

Syn: boondocks

Ant: metropolis

Prim

(adj. , v.)

primmer, primmest

(adj.)

1. formally precise or proper

(v.)

1. to make prim, as in appearance

2. to draw into a prim expression

Syn: demure

Ant: untidy

Trample 

(v.)

trampled, trampling

1. to tread or steap noisily; heavily

2. to act in a harsh and cruel manner

3. to domineer harshly over

Syn: crush

Ant: aid

Sluice

(n.)

1. an artificial channel for conducting water

2. a body of water held back by a sluice gate

3. a channel usually carrying water; drain

Syn: channel

Ant: None