Wordmasters

Sheen- Noun: luster; brightness; radiance. Adjective: Shining; beautiful Reverberate- Verb: To reecho or resound. Verb: To rebound or recoil; to deflect. Importunate- Adjective: Urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so. Supplicant- Noun: A petitioner. Constrain- Verb: To repress or restrain. Verb: To force. Lugubrious- Adjective: Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected exaggerated, or unrelieved manner. Contumely- Noun: Insulting display or contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment. Raze- Verb: To tear down; demolish; level to the ground. Diaphanous- Adjective: Very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent. Antecedent- Adjective: Preceding; prior. Noun: Ancestors. Noun: The first term of a ration; the first or third term or a proportion. Foment- Verb: To instigate or foster; promote the growth or development of. Verb: To apply warm water or medicated liquid, ointments, etc., to (the surface of the body). Imperious- Adjective: Domineering in a haughty manner; overbearing; dictatorial. Adjective: Urgent; imperative. Demagogue- Noun: A person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people. Whet- Verb: To sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction. Verb: To make keen or eager; stimulate.

Clamorous- Adjective: Full of, marked by, or the nature of clamor. Adjective: Vigorous in demands or complaints. Nicety- Noun: A delicate or fine point; precision. Noun: the quality of being nice. Ricochet- Noun: The motion of an object or a projectile (an object fired from a gun) in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against whit it hits a glancing blow. Evanescent- Adjective: Vanishing; fading away; fleeting. Precursor- Noun: A person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor. Noun: A person, animal or thing that goes before and indicates the approach of someone or something else. Disseminate- Verb: To scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed. Fawning (Fawn)- Noun: A young deer. Adjective: Light yellowish-brown. Verb: To seek notice or favor by servile demeanor. Verb: (of a dog) to behave affectionately. Hoi Polloi- Noun: The common people; the masses. Obliterate- Verb: To remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely. Dolorous- Adjective: Full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous. Relic- Noun: A surviving memorial of something past.