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sheen

noun as in brightness, shine

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When he opens it, the violin gleams with the sheen of a freshly split chestnut.

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The track lacks grip in the dry, run as it is on normal roads with the sheen of millions of cars driving on them throughout the year.

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Mr. Century, a veteran investigative journalist, has drawn on those writings, as well as many other firsthand accounts, to give his narrative a rich, novelistic sheen.

Executives in the Christian music industry believe that contemporary sheen has also helped the songs spread.

Its writer Daniel Welsh said: "The glossy sheen of the show and its stacked cast might make you think it's verging on 'so bad it's good' territory, but it's really just a boring dud."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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