| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| adjoin |
to be next to; border on. |
| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| dapper |
neat and stylish in dress and appearance. |
| diffuse |
in the physical sciences, to flow toward regions of lower concentration. |
| digress |
to stray from the main topic; ramble. |
| divest |
to take rights or property away from; dispossess, especially by legal means. |
| emulate |
to try to be the same as or better than (another person), especially by imitating. |
| loner |
one who stays by himself or herself much of the time, especially by choice or inclination. |
| piquant |
of food, having a deliciously sharp or spicy taste. |
| redolent |
suggesting or recalling (usually followed by "of"). |
| repulsion |
extreme distaste, disgust, or aversion. |
| salient |
extremely noticeable or prominent; conspicuous; important. |
| vanquish |
to subdue or defeat by or as if by greater force; conquer; overcome. |
| wayward |
difficult to control; willfully disobedient. |