Sirocco(n.)

1. a hot dust-laden wind from the libyan dessert that blows on the northern mediteranian coast.

2. any hot, unpleasant wind.

The sirocco blows making it hot and dusty.

Syn: simoon

Highhanded(adj.)

highhandedly, highhandedness

1. Acting or done in a high old, arbitrary way; overbearing

He has a highhanded way of thinking of himself

 Syn: overbearing 

Recur(v.)

recurred, recurring 

1. to come up again; occur again; be repeated

2. to return in thought or speeches 

He lost his thoughts and recurred in less than a second.

Syn: repeat

Larder(n.)

1. place where food is kept; pantry

2. supply of food

I went to the larder get some cereal

Fervent(adj.)

fervently

1.Showing great warmth of feeling; very earnest

Everyone fervently left school on Friday.

Syn: earnest

Elicit(v.)

1.To draw forth; bring out

The elicit three stundents to "volunteer" as tribute.

Aureole(n.)

1. Ring of light surrounding a figure or object

He stood in front of the sun so an aureole formed.

Steadfast(adj.)

steadfastly, steadfastness

1. Constant; not moving or changing 

Syn: constant

Authorize(v.)

authrized, authorizaing, authorizer

1. To give power or right to

2. To give formal approval to; approve.

I'm authorized to go on a field trip.

Syn: enable

1. a bottomless or very great depths; a very deep crack in the earth

2. anything to deep or great to be measured; lowest depth

He fell down an abyss.

Syn: chasm

Profound(adj.)

profoundly, profoundness

1. Deeply felt; very great

2. Go far deeper than what is easily understood; having or showing great knowledge or understanding

He nod to the to the teacher profoundly. 

Siphon(n.,v.)

siphonlike

1. A bent tube through which liquid can be drawn from one container to another at a lower level by atmospheric pressure.

2. A tube shaped organ for some animals, such as certain shellfish, for drawing in and expelling water.

The water went through the siphon into a different container.

Torchbearer(n.)

1.Person who carries a torch.

He we not to the Olympics and saw the torchbearer.

Impassioned(adj.)

Impassionedly

1. Full of strong feeling; stirring; rousing

He impassionedly jump out of bed on the last day of school.

Syn: rousing

Foment(v.)

1. to stir up trouble, rebellion, etc.; promotes

Syn: arouse

Beeline(n.)

1. The straightest way between two places, like the flight of a bee to his hive.

He took the beeline home because it was beganing to get dark.

Pensive(adj.)

Pensively, pensiveness

Exult(v.)

exultingly

Cavil(n.,v.)

caviled, caviling, cavilled, caviling, caviler, caviller

1. to find fault without good reason; raise trivial objections

2. A trivial objection; petty criticism

Uproarious(adj.)

uproariously, uproariousness

1. Making an uproar; noisy and disorderly

2. Loud and confused

Brood(n.,v.)

broodingly

1. Young animals or humans who share the same mother or are cared for by the same person

2. To think or worry along time for something

Hinterland(n.)

1. land or district behind a coast.

2. Region far from towns and cities; thinly settled country.

Prim(adj.)

primer, primest, primly, primnes

Trample(v.)

trampled, trampling, trampler

1. to walk or step heavily on; crush

2. to treat cruelly, harshly, or scornfully

Sluice(n.,v.)

sluiced, sluicing

1. structure with a gate for holding back or controlling the water off a canal, river, or lake

2. a long, sloping trough through which water flows, used to wash gold from sand, dirt or gravel.