| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| accost |
to confront and speak first to, often aggressively. |
| censure |
to criticize or condemn. |
| defer1 |
to not do until later; put off; delay. |
| discrepancy |
lack of agreement; difference; inconsistency. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| exculpate |
to free (a person or group) from guilt or blame, or from the suspicion of guilt or blame. |
| fervid |
heated or impassioned; intensely enthusiastic. |
| fractious |
inclined to be irritable and quarrelsome; cranky. |
| jargon |
special words or language used by a particular group or to describe a particular interest. |
| profuse |
great in amount or number. |
| proponent |
one who proposes or favors an idea, doctrine, course of action, or the like. |
| satirical |
containing or marked by the use of parody or irony to ridicule or denounce human corruptness or folly. |
| suppress |
to stop the activities or progress of, especially by force. |
| verisimilitude |
the appearance or semblance of truth or reality. |