| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| commensurate |
of equal measure, as extent or duration. |
| demeanor |
the way in which one conducts oneself; deportment. |
| disparity |
the condition or an instance of being unlike, unequal, or of different kinds; difference. |
| encroachment |
the act of exceeding proper or intended limits, as of territory or property. |
| financier |
a person skilled in or occupied in financial operations, usually on a large scale. |
| inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| outmoded |
no longer in keeping with current standards or practices; obsolete. |
| periphery |
the outer boundary or edge of an area or surface, or the region directly inside or outside of this. |
| permeable |
of a substance, being such that gas or liquid can penetrate or diffuse through it. |
| reimburse |
to pay back for (expenses or losses incurred). |
| sanctify |
to make sacred or holy; consecrate. |