| acquit |
to free from a charge of breaking the law; declare not guilty. |
| aggression |
an attack or war against a country started without good cause by another country. |
| aspiration |
a goal, aim, or ambition. |
| contemplate |
to look at carefully for a long time. |
| downplay |
to dismiss the significance of; minimize. |
| equivalent |
the same as or equal to another in force, value, measure, or meaning. |
| familiarity |
knowledge or understanding of a particular thing. |
| hardheaded |
not easily moved, manipulated, or duped; shrewd; pragmatic. |
| hieroglyphic |
a picture or symbol that stands for a word or sound; single hieroglyphic symbol. |
| intervention |
the act of interfering so as to prevent something from happening |
| merely |
nothing more than; simply; only. |
| questionnaire |
a form that asks for one's opinions about something or for small pieces of information about oneself or one's household. |
| silhouette |
any dark figure seen against a light background, so that details are hard to see. |
| snob |
a person who admires and imitates people of a high social or intellectual class. Snobs act or feel superior to anyone of a lower class. |
| wrath |
fierce anger. |