| 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. |
| chagrin |
embarrassment or humiliation arising from disappointment or failure. |
| chasten |
to awaken conscience or bring about moral improvement through suffering, discipline, or punishment. |
| disproportionate |
having too much of one thing in relation to something else; unbalanced. |
| exuberance |
the condition or quality of being vigorously happy or high-spirited. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| judicious |
characterized by or using sound judgment; wise; prudent. |
| necessitate |
to make unavoidable; require. |
| patrician |
of, concerning, or belonging to an aristocratic class. |
| posit |
to propose or suggest as an account of something or as a contribution to an understanding of something. |
| prostrate |
to lie or throw (oneself) flat on the ground, especially face down in an act of humility, worship, or the like. |
| savory1 |
having a pleasant taste or smell; appetizing. |
| simpleminded |
not complex or sophisticated. |
| trepidation |
a condition of anxiety or dread; alarm. |
| waiver |
the intentional relinquishing of a right, claim, or privilege, or a suspension of an existing rule or policy. |