| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| aesthete |
one who is or professes to be particularly attentive to and appreciative of beauty, especially in the arts. |
| certitude |
the state, condition, or feeling of freedom from uncertainty or doubt. |
| dupe |
a gullible person; one who can be readily misled or fooled. |
| inveterate |
persisting in a habit, action, feeling, or the like. |
| mentor |
someone who plays an important role in another person's life as a guide and teacher. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| preeminent |
surpassing others in importance and prominence; foremost. |
| prevaricate |
to lie, mislead, or conceal the truth deliberately. |
| ramify |
to have or produce effects or consequences that make some original matter more complex. |
| recumbent |
lying down; reclining. |
| splice |
to join (two pieces of film, tape, or similar things) at the ends. |
| stature |
relative status as measured by skill or achievement; reputation. |
| taciturn |
habitually silent and uncommunicative. |
| testy |
easily annoyed or angered; irritable; touchy. |