| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| bonanza |
anything that brings great wealth and prosperity. |
| dissertation |
a formal and usually lengthy exposition in speech or writing, especially a detailed report of research by a candidate for a doctoral degree. |
| interlude |
a pause, space, or event that intervenes; interval. |
| irreparable |
impossible to repair, restore, or rectify. |
| kindred |
a group of related people, such as a tribe or clan. |
| landlocked |
without any access to the sea. |
| mediate |
to act as an intermediary in (a dispute) or bring about (an agreement). |
| meritorious |
having worth or high quality; deserving of praise or reward. |
| openhanded |
tending to give to others; generous. |
| perfidy |
an act or the practice of conscious, deliberate disloyalty or treachery; breach of faith. |
| profess |
to claim or state as true. |
| satiate |
to glut or fill to excess; oversupply; surfeit. |
| spar2 |
to make boxing movements without hitting hard, as for practice or in fun. |