An Upheaval by Anton Chekhov.

Ingratiating

Charming, agreeable, pleasing.

Palpitations

1. The act of palpitating. 2. An unusually or abnormally rapid or violent beating of the heart.

Kopeck pieces

A aluminum-bronze coin of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, the 100th part of a ruble.

Kindred

A person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.

Turmoil

A state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet.

Effective

Adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result.

Realism

Interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.

Utopian fiction

It is the creation of an ideal society, or utopia, as the setting for a novel. (A utopia can be defined as an ideal or perfect place or state, or any visionary system of political or social perfection.)

Dystopian fiction

It is the opposite of Utopian fiction: creation of an utterly horrible or degraded society that is generally headed to an irreversible oblivion, or dystopia.

Alms

Money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity.

Ingratitude

The state of being ungrateful, unthankfulness.

Satire

The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.

Rummaging

To search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle,etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.

Insult

To treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.

Mutter

To utter words indistinctly or in low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.

Prevalent

Widespread, of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.