| 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. |
| bulwark |
a wall or wall-like structure, often made of earth and used for defense; rampart. |
| caprice |
a sudden, impulsive change of mind or direction, or an unpredictable action. |
| consonance |
agreement, correspondence, or harmony. |
| convoke |
to summon to an assembly; marshal. |
| defunct |
no longer in existence or use; dead; extinct. |
| disparate |
essentially different and distinct. |
| encampment |
a place where a rough, temporary living area has been set up. |
| implacable |
not to be pacified or diverted; unappeasable or inexorable. |
| infamous |
having, deserving, or causing a bad reputation; notorious or shameful. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| populist |
a person, especially a political leader, who represents, or claims to represent, the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged, the politically powerful, or the intelligentsia. |
| provocation |
the act of inciting or challenging another to react. |
| seamy |
disreputable; sordid. |
| shard |
a piece of a broken object, especially a fragment of pottery or glass. |