WMC List #1

Mantle [N] - a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes, something that covers, enfolds, or envelops, an insulated support or casing in which something is heated

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, not capable of being affected or disturbed

Membrane [N] - a thin soft pliable sheet or layer especially of animal or plant origin, a piece of parchment forming part of a roll

Blanch [V] - to take the colour out of, to bleach by excluding light

Profane [V] - to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt, to debase by a wrong, unworthy, or vulgar use

Profane [A] - not concerned with religion or religious purposes, not holy because unconsecrated, impure, or defiled

Attrition [N] - sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God, the act of rubbing together, the act of weakening or exhausting by constant harassment, abuse, or attack

Divert [V] - to turn aside, to turn from one course or use to another, to give pleasure to especially by distracting the attention from what burdens or distresses

Irreverent [A] - lacking proper respect or seriousness

Pith [N] - a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage, any of various loose spongy plant tissues that resemble true pith, the soft or spongy interior of a part of the body

Pith [V] - to kill (an animal) by piercing or severing the spinal cord,  to destroy the spinal cord or central nervous system of (an animal, such as a frog) usually by passing a wire or needle up and down the spinal canal

Deflect [V] - to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction

Periodic [A] - occurring or recurring at regular intervals, occurring repeatedly from time to time, consisting of or containing a series of repeated stages, processes, or digits

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 often at the sacrifice of principles, to pacify, to soothe

Staccato [A] - cut short or apart in performing, marked by short clear-cut playing or singing of tones or chords

Ignominy [N] - deep personal humiliation and disgrace, disgraceful or dishonourable conduct, quality, or action

Contend [V] - to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties, to strive in debate

Unremitting [A] - not remitting (not constant)

Shroud [N] - something that covers, screens, or guards: such as one of two flanges that give peripheral support to turbine or fan bedding, a guard (as of ceramic or fiberglass) that protects a spacecraft from the heat of launching,

Shroud [V] - to cut off from view, to veil under another appearance (as by obscuring or disguising), to cover for protection

Antagonize [V] - to provoke the hostility of, to annoy or anger

Permeable [A] - capable of being permeated, having pores or openings that permit liquids or gases to pass through 

Cede [V] - to yield or grant typically by treaty