| 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. |
| caucus |
a private meeting of leaders of a political party to choose candidates or determine policy, or such a group itself. |
| defile1 |
to make unclean, foul, or filthy. |
| diffidence |
reticence; shyness. |
| endorse |
to give support to; approve of. |
| fitful |
occurring at irregular intervals. |
| graphic |
of or related to pictures or writing such as photography, painting, and printing. |
| gratify |
to please; satisfy. |
| ignominious |
characterized by or associated with disgrace, dishonor, or shame; humiliating. |
| infatuation |
the condition of being deprived of judgment by an irrational or foolish attachment to someone or something. |
| inkling |
a blurry or partial idea or understanding. |
| plagiarize |
to wrongfully and deliberately claim as one's own (the ideas, words, or the like) of someone else. |
| propagate |
to reproduce (offspring) or cause to reproduce. |
| succulent |
full of juice or sap; juicy. |
| unchallenged |
not or not having been questioned, disputed, or contested. |