| acquit |
to free from a charge of breaking the law; declare not guilty. |
| assess |
to look at and try to discover the quality or degree of (something); evaluate; estimate. |
| balmy |
soft, mild, and soothing. |
| dependable |
deserving trust or confidence; able to be counted on. |
| deprecate |
to disparage or treat as having small value; depreciate. |
| element |
a part of any whole. |
| fluent |
able to speak or write easily and naturally. |
| friction |
the rubbing of objects against each other. |
| indirect |
not in a straight line, course, or route. |
| madden |
to enrage or inflame. |
| minimal |
of, pertaining to, or being the smallest or least possible in quantity, degree, or size. |
| offensive |
not pleasant; disagreeable. |
| reform |
the changing of wrong or bad conditions to make them better. |
| shrewd |
clever and careful. |
| turbulent |
marked by episodes of unrest, turmoil, violence, or the like. |