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Scholastic

Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.

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Philosopher 76% connected

One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.

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Scholar 76% connected

One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.

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Purist 76% connected

One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.

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Scholasticism 74% connected

The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.

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Scholasticism 74% connected

The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.

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School 74% connected

A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

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School 74% connected

A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

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Scholasticism 66% connected

The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.

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School 66% connected

A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

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Bookworm 92% connected

Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.

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Pedant 92% connected

A schoolmaster; a pedagogue.

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Academy noun · 78% connection

An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a ra…

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Aristocratical adjective · 78% connection

Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure;…

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Azedarach noun · 78% connection

A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and B…

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Barbarism noun · 78% connection

An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness.

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Boast noun · 78% connection

The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.

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Civilized adjective · 78% connection

Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.

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Clerklike adjective · 78% connection

Scholarlike.

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Clinic noun · 78% connection

A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in th…

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Dame noun · 78% connection

The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.

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Graduate noun · 78% connection

One who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or insti…

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Gymnasium noun · 78% connection

A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of…

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Indoctrinate verb · 78% connection

To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbue w…

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Learned adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learn…

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Learning noun · 78% connection

The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.

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Margosa noun · 78% connection

A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from…

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Montem noun · 78% connection

A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of going every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the…

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Partnership noun · 78% connection

a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal; "effective lan…

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Pedantry noun · 78% connection

The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning.

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