| academician |
one who belongs to an organization or institution that promotes learning. |
| benefactor |
one who helps or brings good to an individual or an institution, usually by giving money. |
| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| coerce |
to persuade or pressure (a person) to do something by using threats, intimidation, or the like. |
| concomitant |
existing or happening at the same time as something else, especially as the less important thing or event; accompanying; attendant. |
| convoke |
to summon to an assembly; marshal. |
| dehumanize |
to deprive of individuality, spirit, or other human qualities; render routine or mechanical. |
| frolicsome |
full of high spirits, gaiety, or merriment; playful. |
| matriarch |
a woman who acts as head of a family, tribe, or other group of people. |
| prudery |
the state, quality, or characteristic of being overly concerned with modest or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| quibble |
an unimportant, petty, or trivial disagreement or objection. |
| speculative |
of, pertaining to, or based on conjecture or theorizing. |
| stint |
to refrain from spending; to be sparing or frugal. |
| supplant |
to replace (someone or something) especially by dishonest or forceful means. |
| valediction |
a farewell speech, especially one given by a student of the highest honors at a graduation ceremony. |