| 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. |
| commodity |
something that can be bought and sold. |
| evenhanded |
fair and impartial in the treatment of others; equitable. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| humility |
the quality or state of being humble; modesty about one's status or accomplishments. |
| interject |
to insert (a remark or comment) between words or remarks or in the middle of a conversation or discussion. |
| irreverent |
not having or showing respect. |
| magnanimity |
generosity or willingness to forgive. |
| manifest |
to show plainly; display; demonstrate. |
| meander |
to wind back and forth. |
| motif |
a distinct formal unit such as a design, theme, or musical phrase that may repeat in, dominate, characterize, or be a prominent feature of an aesthetic or decorative work. |
| nonexistent |
not having substance in reality. |
| pessimistic |
feeling in a negative way about things; expecting the worst to happen. |
| sustenance |
nourishment that maintains life; food. |
| waiver |
the intentional relinquishing of a right, claim, or privilege, or a suspension of an existing rule or policy. |