| annals |
a chronological record of events, usually year by year. |
| cerebral |
characterized by intellect or reason. |
| disinterest |
lack of bias or self-interest; impartiality. |
| dogmatist |
one who asserts opinions or beliefs as though they were facts. |
| echelon |
a level of authority or rank, as in an organization. |
| enrapture |
to cause to be in rapture or to be ecstatically joyful. |
| foreseeable |
capable of being anticipated or predicted. |
| frivolous |
unworthy of serious consideration or merit; trivial or silly. |
| frugal |
small in amount or cost; meager. |
| inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
| interpose |
to insert (a comment, question, criticism, or the like) in the course of a conversation or speech. |
| noxious |
harmful, dangerous, or destructive, especially to health. |
| rift |
a break in social relations, because of a difference of opinion, quarrel, or the like; breach. |
| skirmish |
a minor or preliminary battle between small military units. |
| stolid |
neither feeling nor showing much range of emotion; impassive. |