| deft |
skillful, quick, and clever in action. |
| denomination |
a religious group or division. |
| discharge |
to shoot or fire off. |
| drab |
not bright; dull. |
| eradicate |
to do away with completely; wipe out. |
| extract |
a strong, concentrated form of a substance. |
| grimy |
covered or filled with dirt or soil; extremely dirty. |
| levy |
the collection by a government of money, property, or troops. |
| mere |
being neither more nor better than what is spoken of. |
| merely |
nothing more than; simply; only. |
| recalibrate |
to reset or adjust the scale of (a quantitative measuring instrument or system), usually to maintain a correspondence with a standard. |
| sane |
sound; reasonable. |
| seam |
a line formed by sewing two pieces of fabric together. |
| sincere |
genuine, true, and not pretended. |
| straightforward |
honest, frank, and trustworthy. |