| abstain |
to choose not to do something. |
| annals |
a chronological record of events, usually year by year. |
| 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. |
| connive |
to join secretly in a plot; conspire. |
| disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
| distill |
to subject (a substance) to heat to the point of vaporization, and then to cooling to produce condensation. |
| dregs |
the part of anything that is left over or that has the least value or use. |
| egotistical |
self-centered or selfish. |
| mettle |
toughness of character; courage. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| propaganda |
information or opinions that are made public to promote or attack a movement, cause, or person. |
| serenity |
the condition or quality of being untroubled, peaceful, or tranquil. |
| stolid |
neither feeling nor showing much range of emotion; impassive. |
| sultry |
uncomfortably hot and humid. |
| whimsy |
an odd, fanciful, or capricious notion, or such notions collectively. |