| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| annals |
a chronological record of events, usually year by year. |
| antipodes |
places directly opposite each other on the surface of the earth, as the North Pole and the South Pole. |
| apex |
the highest point; tip. |
| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| contemptuous |
feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked; scornful. |
| farce |
anything improbable, absurd, or empty of meaning; mockery; sham. |
| misrepresent |
to identify or describe in a misleading way. |
| orifice |
an opening, such as a vent, mouth, or hole, through which something can pass. |
| pallid |
pale or whitened; lacking color. |
| peripheral |
related but not essential. |
| prudery |
the state, quality, or characteristic of being overly concerned with modest or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| speculative |
of, pertaining to, or based on conjecture or theorizing. |
| torpid |
dormant or inactive, as in hibernation. |