| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| 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. |
| benefactor |
one who helps or performs a good for an individual or an institution, usually by giving money. |
| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| cogitate |
to think over something carefully or at length. |
| concomitant |
existing or happening at the same time as something else, especially as the less important thing or event; accompanying; attendant. |
| defray |
to pay or assist in the payment of (costs or the like). |
| denude |
to strip bare; remove covering from. |
| perforate |
to make a hole in. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| prophetic |
foretelling or revealing the future. |
| repugnant |
extremely distasteful to one's senses or principles; disgusting. |
| spontaneous |
happening in a free way; not forced. |
| torrid |
parched or scorched by the sun, as a geographic area. |
| uncritical |
not making critical judgments or discriminations, especially those based on standards. |