| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| affinity |
a strong sense of liking; a natural attraction or sympathy. |
| agrarian |
pertaining to the ownership, tenure, or cultivation of land. |
| impassioned |
full of strong emotion. |
| impassive |
not having, showing, or responding to emotion; unfeeling, expressionless, or insensitive. |
| indictment |
the act of being formally accused of a crime by a grand jury, or the condition of being formally accused of a crime by a grand jury. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| paltry |
small, trifling, or worthless. |
| presumptive |
affording a reasonable basis for belief. |
| rabid |
extreme in opinion or action; fanatical. |
| realign |
to come to a new relationship or set of alliances, as countries or political factions. |
| reciprocate |
to give (feelings or things) in return. |
| stagnate |
to be or become motionless, fouled, or lacking in energy, originality, or development. |
| sully |
to make dirty or tarnished. |
| undercut |
to act so as to lessen the effectiveness or influence of; undermine or thwart. |