| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| disincline |
to cause to be unwilling or reluctant. |
| entomology |
the science concerned with insects. |
| exhort |
to advise, urge, or incite with great seriousness. |
| harangue |
a long, vehement, and often pompous speech or piece of writing, especially such a speech delivered in public; tirade. |
| paragon |
a model of excellence or of a particular admirable quality. |
| precarious |
so unstable or insecure as to be dangerous; risky. |
| qualm |
a feeling of guilt or doubt. |
| recurrence |
an act or instance of happening or appearing again or repeatedly. |
| skirmish |
a minor or preliminary battle between small military units. |
| sultry |
uncomfortably hot and humid. |
| tenacious |
holding on or tending to hold on strongly or persistently (sometimes followed by "of"). |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |
| uncontrolled |
acting or continuing, or allowed to act or continue, without constraint, regulation, or opposition. |