WMC List #1

Mantle (N)

A loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes, something that covers, enfolds, or envelops.

Mantle (V)

To cover with or as if with a mantle, to spread over a surface.

Foment (V)

To promote the growth or development of.

Incessant (A)

Continuing or following without interruption.

Cohesion (N)

The act or state of sticking together tightly, union between similar things.

Lambaste (V)

To assault violently, to attack verbally.

Impervious (A)

Not allowing entrance or passage, not capable of being damaged or harmed.

Membrane (N)

A thin soft pliable sheet or layer especially of animal or plant origin.

Blanch (V)

To take the colour out of, to bleach by excluding light.

Profane (V)

To treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt.

Profane (A)

Not concerned with religion or religious purposes, not holy because unconsecrated.

Attrition (N)

Sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God.

Divert (V)

To turn aside, to turn from one course or use to another.

Irreverent (A)

Lacking proper respect or seriousness.

Pith (N)

A usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants.

Pith (V)

To kill (an animal) by piercing or severing the spinal cord.

Deflect (V)

To turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction.

Periodic (A)

Occurring or recurring at regular intervals.

Sheath (N)

A case for a blade (as of a knife), the lower part of a leaf when surrounding the stem.

Appease (V)

To make concessions to (someone) often at the sacrifice of principles.

Staccato (A)

Cut short or apart in performing, marked by short clear-cut playing or singing.

Ignominy (N)

Deep personal humiliation and disgrace, disgraceful or dishonourable conduct.

Contend (V)

To strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties.

Unremitting (A)

Not remitting, not constant.

Shroud (N)

Something that covers, screens, or guards.

Shroud (V)

To cut off from view, to veil under another appearance.

Antagonize (V)

To incur or provoke the hostility of.

Permeable (A)

Capable of being permeated, having pores or openings.

Cede (V)

To yield or grant typically by treaty.