| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| 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. |
| bauble |
a showy or gaudy trinket or ornament of little value. |
| entomology |
the science concerned with insects. |
| indigent |
without financial means to live; needy; poor. |
| integral |
being an essential part of the whole. |
| intrusion |
the act of entering or thrusting oneself in when not invited or welcomed. |
| laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
| perverse |
stubbornly opposed to what is expected or requested of one, or marked by or inclined toward such an attitude. |
| proliferate |
to spread or increase quickly. |
| raucous |
loud, sharp, and rasping, as, at times, a bird's call or a human's voice or laugh. |
| simplistic |
excessively simplified, as to be unrealistic. |
| synchronize |
to cause to occur, move, or operate at the same time or rate. |
| undercut |
to act so as to lessen the effectiveness or influence of; undermine or thwart. |
| vie |
to compete with another for victory, superiority, or the like (usually followed by "for"). |