| assess |
to look at and try to discover the quality or degree of (something); evaluate; estimate. |
| assurance |
a statement meant to give confidence. |
| barricade |
a structure that is put up quickly for protection or to block the way. |
| disarm |
to take away the weapons of; divest of the means of attack or defense. |
| disclosure |
the act or process of making known, uncovering, or exposing. |
| earnest |
having or showing a serious manner. |
| embroil |
to involve in conflict. |
| essence |
that which makes something what it is; central nature. |
| incline |
to slope or slant. |
| indirect |
not in a straight line, course, or route. |
| plumb |
to examine closely. |
| prerequisite |
something required beforehand. |
| scholarly |
of or appropriate to a student or a learned person. |
| suffrage |
the right to vote or the exercise of this right. |
| swivel |
a device that allows the object fastened or mounted to it to turn freely or pivot. |