| assert |
to state with force or confidence. |
| dependent |
relying on another for help or to provide what one needs. |
| educational |
giving knowledge or skill. |
| fathom |
to get to the bottom of or understand completely. |
| fluctuation |
unsteadiness; vacillation. |
| ineffective |
producing little or none of the desired or intended impact. |
| levee |
an embankment built to keep river water from flooding the land. |
| oversight |
a lack of paying attention to what one is doing. |
| physiological |
of or relating to the vital processes or functions of a living organism or its parts. |
| prohibition |
the act of forbidding. |
| recalibrate |
to reset or adjust the scale of (a quantitative measuring instrument or system), usually to maintain a correspondence with a standard. |
| reciprocal |
involving an exchange, as of feelings, actions, or things, between two parties; mutual. |
| shun |
to keep away from or avoid on purpose. |
| solidify |
to make firm or hard. |
| valve |
a device that controls the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe or tube. |