| 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. |
| defray |
to pay or assist in the payment of (costs or the like). |
| differentiate |
to distinguish between or among. |
| economize |
to spend less money; lower expenses; be economical. |
| implicit |
implied rather than directly stated. |
| Lilliputian |
(often lower case) very tiny; extremely small. |
| monotone |
speech with little or no change in tone. |
| nonchalance |
cool confidence and unconcern; casual indifference. |
| pallor |
unnatural lack of color, especially of the face. |
| peccadillo |
a minor sin or offense, or a slight fault. |
| premonition |
an advance sign or warning; forewarning. |
| refute |
to demonstrate the falseness or error of; disprove. |
| regress |
to go back or backwards, as in reverting to an earlier form or stage of development. |
| respective |
of or belonging to each one. |
| surrogate |
acting as, or considered to be, a substitute or replacement. |