| annuity |
a regular yearly income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. |
| artisan |
a person skilled in making things, especially by using the hands. People such as those who make furniture, quilts, or other crafts are artisans. |
| askew |
not straight; crooked. |
| craven |
shamefully timid or afraid; cowardly. |
| dalliance |
a wasting away of time; loitering; dawdling. |
| decrepit |
in poor condition because of old age or much use; dilapidated; worn-out. |
| enmity |
the mutual feeling of enemies toward each other; hatred; hostility; antagonism. |
| exchangeable |
capable of being interchanged with or given in return for another. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| nostalgia |
a longing for the past. |
| regale |
to entertain or delight, as with humorous tales. |
| scanty |
barely adequate; meager. |
| squalor |
living conditions that are filthy, or the state of being dirty or foul. |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |
| tentative |
not yet fully developed or definitely decided; provisional. |