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1. A hot dust-laden wind from the Libyan deserts that blows on the northern Mediterranean coast cheifly in Italy, Malta and Sicily.
2. A hot or warm wind of cyclonic origin from an arid or heated region. |
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Highhanded, /hī'hăn'dĭd/, adjective |
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1. Arrogant; overbearing. |
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1. To go or come back in thought or discussion.
2. To occur or appear again esp. after an interval: occur time after time. |
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1. A place where foods are kept, (as meat). |
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Fervent, /fûr'vənt/, adjective |
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1. Very hot: glowing.
2. Marked by great intensity of feeling. |
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Aureole, /ôr'ē-ōl'/, noun |
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Steadfast, /ˈstedˌfast/, adjective |
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1. Firmly fixed in place.
2. No subject to change.
3. Firm in belief, determination, or adherence: loyal.
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Authorize, /ˈôTHəˌrīz/, verb |
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1. Sanction, (approve).
2. To give legal power to. |
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1. The bottomless pit in old accounts of the universe.
2. An immeasurable depth. |
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Profound, /prəˈfound/, adjective |
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1. Marked by intellectual depth or insight, < a-thought >.
2. Coming from or reaching to a depth, < a-sigh >.
3. Deeply felt: intense, < a-sympathy >. |
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1. A bent tube through which a liquid can be transferred by means of air pressure up and over the edge of one container and into another container placed at a lower level.
2. A bottle that ejects soda water through a tube when a valve is opened. |
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Torchbearer, /ˈtôrCHˌberər/, noun |
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1. A person who carries a torch.
2. One in the forefront, (as s political campaign). |
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Impassioned, /imˈpaSHənd/, adjective |
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1. Filled with passion or zeal: showing great warmth or intensity of feeling. |
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1. A straight direct course. |
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Pensive, /ˈpensiv/, adjective |
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1. Musingly, dreamily, or sadly thoughtful. |
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1. To make frivolous objections or raise trivial objections to. |
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Uproarious, /ˌəpˈrôrēəs/, adjective |
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1. Marked by uproar.
2. Very nosiy and full.
3. Extremely funny. |
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Brood, /bro͞od/, noun, adjective, and verb |
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1. Noun: A family of young animals or children and esp. of birds.
2. Adjective: Kept for breeding.
3. Verb: To sit on eggs to hatch them; also to shelter, (hatched young) with the wings.
4. Verb: To think anxiously or gloomily about something. |
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Hinterland, /ˈhin(t)ərˌland/, noun |
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1. A reigon behind a coast.
2. A region remote from cities. |
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1. Primmer; primmest: stiffly formal and percise.
2. Prim abbr 1 primary 2 primitive. |
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Trample, /ˈtrampəl/, verb |
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1. To tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure.
2. To inflict injury or destruction.
3. To press down or crush by or as if trending.
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1. An artifical passage for water with a gate for controlling the flow.
2. A chanel that carries off surplus water.
3. An inclined trough or flume for washing ore or floating logs. |
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