| 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. |
| candor |
the quality of openness, honesty, and straightforwardness in expression. |
| captious |
inclined to petty criticism; faultfinding. |
| censure |
to criticize or condemn. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| disparage |
to depreciate or belittle, especially in speech. |
| gawk |
to look at someone or something fixedly and somewhat dopily; gape. |
| indict |
to formally accuse (someone) of a crime in a court of law after studying evidence. |
| informant |
one who reports or confides what he or she knows to another; source. |
| neutrality |
the foreign policy of a nation that refuses to take sides in an international dispute. |
| opinionated |
having definite and unchangeable views of things, often seemingly on all subjects. |
| proletariat |
the working class, especially those who lack capital and must sell their usually unskilled labor in order to survive. |
| residue |
a substance or quantity that remains after a part has been removed or after a process has been completed. |
| retrospect |
reflection on the past or on past events or achievements. |
| squalid |
dirty or foul, as from neglect. |