Sirocco (n.)

1a. A hot dust-laden wind from the Libyan deserts that blows on the northern Mediterranean coast chiefly in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.

1b. A warm moist oppressive southeast wind in the same regions

2.A hot or warm wind of cyclonic origin from an arid or heated region

Synonym: Sandstorm

Antonym: Flurry

Analogy: Sirocco: Zephyr:: furious: timid

Highhanded (adj.)

Highhandedness (n.)

Highhandedly (adv.)

1. Arrogant

2. Having or showing no regard for the rights, concerns, or feelings of others

Synonym: Eminent

Antonym: Modest

Analogy: Highhanded: Eminent:: 

Recur (v. i.)

Recurrence (n.)

Recurring (adj.)

Recurringly (adv.)

Unrecurring (adj.) 

1. To have recourse: Resort

2. To go back in thought or discourse

3. To occur again

Synonym: Resort

Antonym: Continue/Advance

Analogy:

Larder (n.)

1. A place where food is stored

2. A storage of food

Synonym: pantry

Antonym: trashcan

Fervent (adj.)

 1. Having or displaying a passionate intensity

2. Very hot

Synonym: impassioned

Antonym: robotic

Elicit (v.)

elicitation, noun

unelicited, adjective

1. Evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.

2. Draw forth (something that is latent or potential) into existence.

Synonym: prompt, extract

Antonym: contain

1. A circle of light or brightness surrounding something, especially as depicted in art around the head or body of a person represented as holy.

Synonym: halo, corona

Antonym: shadow

Steadfast (adj.)

oversteadfastness, noun

1. Fixed in direction; steadily directed

2. Firm in purpose, resolution, faith, attachment, etc., as a person:

Synonym: unyielding

Antonym: pilable, wavering

authorize (v.)

preauthorize, verb (used with object), preauthorized, preauthorizing.

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

2. To give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding)

Synonym: enable, empower

Antonym: refuse, reject

abyss (n.)

1. A deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm.

2. Anything profound, unfathomable, or infinite:

3a. The primal chaos before Creation.

3b. The infernal regions; hell.

3c. A subterranean ocean

Synonym: crevasse

Antonym: mountain

Profound (adj.)

unprofoundly, adverb

1. (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense.

2. (of a person or statement) having or showing great knowledge or insight.

Synonym: heartfelt, wise

Antonym: superficial, simple

Siphon (n., v.)

pseudosiphonic, adjective

1. a tube used to convey liquid upwards from a reservoir and then down to a lower level of its own accord. Once the liquid has been forced into the tube, typically by suction or immersion, flow continues unaided. (noun)

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

Synonym: pump, funnel

Antonym: exhaust pipe

torchbearer (n.)

1. 2. A person who leads or inspires others in working toward a valued goal.
2. Synonym: leader, inspring person
3. Antonym: follower, background person

impassioned (adj., v.)

unimpassionedly, adverb

1. filled with or showing great emotion. (adj.)

2. make passionate (v.)

Synonym: emotional, heartfelt

Antonym: dispassionate, indifferent

forment (v.)

unfomented, adjective

1. To instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or 

development of

2. To apply warm water or medicated liquid, ointments, etc., to (the 

surface of the body). 

Synonym: incite, provoke

Antonym: deter, discourage

beeline (n.)

1. a direct route traveled quickly (usually in the phrase make 

a beeline for):

Synonym: shortcut, direct path

Antonym: wandering, waivering

overpensiveness, noun

1. Dreamily or wistfully thoughtful:

2. Expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some 

sadness:

Synonym: contenplative, thoughtful

Antonym: negligent, uncaring

self-exulting, adjective1. to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; 

behighly elated or jubilant:

2. Obsolete. to leap, especially for joy.

Synonym: rejoice

Antonym: conceal

cavil (v., n.)

1. To raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with 

unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): (verb w/o object)

2. To oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham 

objections: (verb w/object)

3. A trivial and annoying objection. (noun)

Synonym: carp, criticize

Antonym: logical response

uproariousness, noun

1. Characterized by or provoking loud noise or uproar.

2. Provoking loud laughter; very funny

Synonym: rowdy, hysterical

Antonym: calm, controled

unbrooded, adjective

1. A family of young animals, especially of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth. (n.)

hinterland (n.)

1. The often uncharted areas beyond a coastal district or a river's banks.

2. An area lying beyond what is visible or known.

Synonym: backcountry, wilderness

Antonym: major city/point of interest 

unprimmed, adjective

1. Stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper. (adj.)

2. Purse (the mouth or lips) into a prim expression. (n.)

Synonym: proper, formal

Antonym: inferior, informal

Trample (v., n.)

 trampler, noun

untrampled, adjective

1. Tread on and crush. (v.)

2. An act or the sound of trampling. (n.)

Synonym: run over

Antonym: avoid, fix

unsluiced, adjective

1. A sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate. (n.)

2. An act of rinsing or showering with water. (n.)

3. Wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water. (v.)

Synonym: channel, gate, flume

Antonym: trickle, siphon