| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| accountability |
the state or quality of being responsible for providing an explanation or justification. |
| aggrandize |
to make, or cause to appear, grander in wealth, stature, power, or influence; exalt. |
| concoct |
to make by putting together a number of parts or ingredients. |
| constrain |
to keep within tight restrictions; confine. |
| faction |
a group or party within, and often at odds with, a larger organization. |
| insubordinate |
unwilling to respect or submit to authority; disobedient. |
| mutation |
a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change. |
| noxious |
harmful, dangerous, or destructive, especially to health. |
| ostentatious |
done or designed with the intention of impressing others and consequently overly showy or grandiose; pretentious. |
| prudent |
showing good judgment and caution; sensible. |
| reverberation |
the continuation of a sound after the source of the sound has been cut off. |
| sensual |
related to or providing pleasure from the ways humans perceive stimuli, such as through touch, taste, or smell. |
| spellbind |
to hold fascinated, as by magicl; enchant. |
| susceptible |
easily influenced or impressed (usually followed by "to"). |