| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| contention |
a point asserted in argument or debate. |
| courier |
someone who delivers messages, packages, and the like, especially for a government, military organization, or business. |
| fervor |
strength, heatedness, or intensity of feeling; impassioned enthusiasm. |
| ingest |
to take in to the body through the mouth. |
| inviolable |
absolutely not to be breached, dishonored or profaned. |
| magnanimous |
having or showing a generous, forgiving, or noble nature. |
| matriarch |
a woman who acts as head of a family, tribe, or other group of people. |
| meditative |
disposed to, marked by, or indicating contemplation or reflection; deeply thoughtful. |
| pretext |
a false reason or claim put forward to mask one's true motive or aim. |
| recommence |
to begin or start again. |
| subvert |
to overthrow or destroy, or cause the destruction of (an established authority, especially a national government). |
| susceptible |
easily influenced or impressed (usually followed by "to"). |
| venal |
capable of acting dishonestly or wrongly in return for money or the like; open to accepting bribes; corrupt. |
| wince |
to draw suddenly back or away from something painful or frightening. |