| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| capacious |
able to contain a large amount; roomy. |
| cupidity |
exceptional desire for money or other material possessions; greed. |
| dissuade |
to urge or convince not to do something. |
| gratis |
without charging money; freely. |
| imitative |
of, involving, or characterized by reproduction or copying; not original. |
| inhibit |
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so. |
| jeopardize |
to cause to be in danger or at risk; imperil. |
| lithe |
characterized by light, graceful, flexible movements. |
| portend |
to serve as a sign or warning of; bode. |
| preponderance |
superiority in amount, strength, significance, weight, or the like. |
| ramshackle |
poorly constructed or in disrepair; rickety. |
| retention |
the act or process of maintaining the possession or use of. |
| sinewy |
of sinew, or sinewlike; strong; tough. |
| tacit |
suggested, implied, or understood, without being expressed in words. |