| abolition |
the act of doing away with or putting an end to; the act of abolishing. |
| abundance |
a very large amount; plentiful supply. |
| balk |
to stop suddenly and refuse to go on. |
| conformity |
accordance or compliance with a standard or norm. |
| contraption |
(informal) a mechanical device, sometimes of odd design or construction; gadget. |
| conversion |
the changing of a person's religious beliefs. |
| embroil |
to involve in conflict. |
| indicate |
to show or point out. |
| intermediate |
being or happening between two things, stages, positions, or persons; being in the middle. |
| mode |
a way of doing something. |
| offensive |
not pleasant; disagreeable. |
| rave |
to talk with much enthusiasm; praise. |
| recalibrate |
to reset or adjust the scale of (a quantitative measuring instrument or system), usually to maintain a correspondence with a standard. |
| tempt |
to try to get (someone) to do something wrong or not wise by offering or seeming to offer something very desirable. |
| vector |
a mathematical expression of direction and magnitude, usually represented by an arrow pointing to the particular direction, with a length proportional to the magnitude. |