| caliber |
degree of competence, virtue, or worthiness. |
| controversy |
a disagreement; debate. |
| encrusted |
covered with a hard or crisp layer of something. |
| harmonic |
in music, related to chords, or different notes played simultaneously. |
| lunar |
of or having to do with the moon. |
| ministry |
the duties and functions of a religious minister. |
| modify |
to change in some way; alter. |
| presume |
to take for granted; assume. |
| quarantine |
the keeping of a person, animal, or thing away from others to stop a disease from spreading. |
| reevaluate |
to carefully reconsider the value, worth, or efficacy of; reassess. |
| respiration |
the act of breathing. |
| scathe |
to injure with criticism. |
| sensitivity |
the quality of being acutely responsive mentally or emotionally. |
| sophistication |
the quality or condition of having worldly knowledge, elegant refinement, or technological complexity. |
| terminate |
to bring to an end; put a stop to. |