| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| allay |
to quiet or lay to rest (fears, doubts, and the like). |
| ambulatory |
able to walk about. |
| aperture |
a narrow opening. |
| derange |
to cause to be mentally ill. |
| invoice |
a detailed statement of goods sold or shipped or of services provided, including their prices or charges. |
| jingoism |
aggressive nationalism and patriotism, especially as directed against foreign countries. |
| pariah |
a despised or socially outcast person. |
| parochial |
narrow or limited in scope or viewpoint; provincial. |
| petite |
of a girl or woman, short and slender. |
| populist |
a person, especially a political leader, who represents, or claims to represent, the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged, the politically powerful, or the intelligentsia. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| retention |
the act or process of maintaining the possession or use of. |
| skeptic |
one who is inclined to question or doubt assertions that are made or accepted by others. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |