| alias |
a false name used to hide one's real name. |
| assess |
to look at and try to discover the quality or degree of (something); evaluate; estimate. |
| contraption |
(informal) a mechanical device, sometimes of odd design or construction; gadget. |
| drastic |
extreme or severe. |
| expedite |
to send off, facilitate the progress of, or accomplish with speed and efficiency. |
| expressive |
full of feeling or meaning. |
| fabrication |
a statement, document, or the like that is false or invented to deceive. |
| incidence |
the frequency with which something happens or the range over which it occurs. |
| incline |
to slope or slant. |
| mode |
a way of doing something. |
| municipal |
of or having to do with a local government or unit of government. |
| pacify |
to calm or bring back peace of mind to. |
| recalibrate |
to reset or adjust the scale of (a quantitative measuring instrument or system), usually to maintain a correspondence with a standard. |
| stimulus |
something that causes or increases action, feeling, or thought. |
| unveil |
to remove a covering from, especially to display for the first time. |