| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| agrarian |
pertaining to the ownership, tenure, or cultivation of land. |
| banter |
joking, clever conversation. |
| culpable |
guilty of a mistake or fault; blameworthy. |
| delectable |
extremely pleasing to the taste; delicious. |
| deride |
to ridicule or treat with scornful mockery. |
| dogmatic |
asserting beliefs and opinions as though they were proven facts. |
| entrench |
to establish firmly and unchangeably. |
| interminable |
endless or seemingly endless; monotonously long. |
| invincible |
too strong to be defeated. |
| limbo1 |
(often capitalized) in theology, a place neither in heaven nor hell for souls neither saved nor condemned, such as those of unbaptized infants. |
| placid |
calm, smooth, or peaceful. |
| plaintive |
showing or expressing sadness or sorrow. |
| sate |
to fill to excess, especially with food; glut. |
| shackle |
a metal band or one of a pair of metal rings used to bind the wrist or ankle of a prisoner or animal. |