SIROCCO

noun

• a hot, stifling wind blowing from the Libyan deserts into southern Europe
• any wind like this

Synonym: sandstorm

Antonym:

Descreasing intensity: sirocco:zephyr

HIGHHANDED

adjective

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

Synonym: ironhanded

Antonym: democratic

noun:closely related adjective: man:highhanded

RECUR

verb

• to happen or occur again, as in talk or memory; come up again for consideration
• to happen or occur again, esp. after some lapse of time; appear at intervals

Synonym: repeat

Antonym: halt

cause:effect: spoil:recur

LARDER

noun

•  a place where the food supplies of a household are kept; pantry
• a supply of food; provisions

FERVENT

adj.

• hot; burning; glowing
• having or showing great warmth of feeling; intensley devoted or earnest; ardent

ELICIT

verb

• to draw forth; evoke
• to cause to be revealed

Synonym: extract

Antonym: repress

action:subject performing action: elicit:person

AUREOLE

noun

• a radiance encircling the head or body, as in religious paintings; halo; glory
  
• the illuminated area around the sun, etc., as when seen in a mist or during an eclipse; sun's corona

STEADFAST

adj.

• firm, fixed, settled, or established
• not changing, fickle, or wavering, constant

Synonym: steady

Antonym: disloyal

noun:closely relatated adjective: dog:steadfast

AUTHORIZE

verb

• to give official approval to or permission for
• to give power or authority to; empower; commission

Synonym: enable

Antonym: disallow

action:subject performing action: authorize:president

ABYSS

noun

• a deep fissure in the earth; bottomless gulf; chasm
• anything too deep for measurement; profound depth

Synonym: chasm

Antonym: shallow

noun:closely related adjective: abyss:profound

PROFOUND

adj.

• very deep or low
• marked by intellectual depth

Synonym: intelligent

Antonym:unimportant

noun:closely related adjective: abyss:profound

SIPHON

noun

• a bent tube used for carrying liquid from a reservoir over the top edge of its container to a point below the surface of the reservoir: the tube must be filled, as by suction, before flow will start
• to draw off or carry through or as through a siphon

Synonym: pipe

Antonym: 

object or place:its user: siphon:person

TORCHBEARER

noun

• a person who carries a torch
• a) a person who brings enlightment, truth, etc. b) an inspirational leader, as in some movement

Synonym:

Antonym:

tool user:tool: torchbearer:torch

IMPASSIONED

adj.

• filled with passion; having or showing strong feeling; passionate;fiery; ardent

Synonym: passionate

Antonym: unenthusiastic

noun:closely related adjective: person:impassioned

FOMENT

verb

• to treat with warm water, medicated lotions, etc.
• to stir up (trouble); instigate; incite

Synonym: incite

Antonym: discourage

action:subject performing action: foment:person

BEELINE

noun

• a straight line or direct route: from the belief that a bee usually flies staight back to its hive after getting nectar
• go straight toward

Synonym: straightaway

Antonym: deviating

decreasing intensity: beeline:angled

PENSIVE

adj.

• thinking deeply or seriously, often of sad or melancholy things
• expressing deep thoughtfulness, often with some sadness

Synonym: thoughtful

Antonym: negligent

increasing intensity: unthoughtful:pensive

EXULT

verb

• to rejoice greatly; be jubilant; glory
• to leap up; leap up with joy

Synonym: celebrate

Antonym: grieve

increasing intensity: happy:exult

CAVIL

verb, noun

• to object when there is little reason to do so; resort to trivial faultfinding; carp; quibble (at or about)
• a trivial objection; quibble

Synonym: criticize

Antonym: compliment

cause:effect:trample:cavil

UPROARIOUS

adj.

• making, or characterized by, an uproar, tumultuous
• a) loud and boisterous, as laughter b) causing such laughter

Synonym: funny

Antonym: unfunny

noun:closely related adj.:person:uproarious

BROOD

noun, verb, adj.

• the offspring, or family of offspring,  of animals; esp. a group of birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for together
• to hover over or protect (offspring, etc.) with or as with wings
• to keep thinking about something in a distressed or troubled way; worry: often with on, over, or about
• kept for breeding

HINTERLAND

noun

• the land or district behind that bordering on a coast or river; specif., an inland region claimed by the state that owns the coast
• an area far from big cities and towns: back country

Synonym: outback

Antonym: metropolis

whole:part: state:hinterland

PRIM

adj.

• stiffly formal, precise, moral, etc.: proper; demure

TRAMPLE

verb, noun

• to crush, destroy, hurt, violate, etc. by or as by treading heavily on
• the sound of trampling

Synonym: crush

Antonym: assist

cause:effect:trample:brood

SLUICE

noun

• an artificial channel or passage for water, having a gate or valve at its head to regulate the flow, as in a canal or millstream
• the water held back by or passing through such a gate

Synonym:

Antonym:

part:whole:gate:sluice