| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| commentary |
a series of explanatory or interpretive remarks or comments. |
| confound |
to perplex or bewilder; confuse. |
| disconcert |
to upset the calm or self-assurance of; ruffle. |
| inestimable |
of value or worth that cannot be measured; invaluable. |
| invective |
strongly abusive or denunciatory speech or language. |
| inviolate |
not broken, disturbed, or profaned; pure or intact. |
| lenient |
not strict with rules; tolerant. |
| liaison |
a communication link between groups or between parts of an organization, or a person or group that performs this function. |
| profuse |
great in amount or number. |
| raiment |
clothing; dress; apparel. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| stature |
relative status as measured by skill or achievement; reputation. |
| sycophant |
one that flatters and fawns over superiors in order to get favors or advance his or her position; toady. |