provost
academic dean, administration, administrator, chancellor, chief executive, chief executive officer, dean, dean of men, dean of women, executive, executive director, executive officer, executive secretary, headmaster, headmistress,
cover with excuses - alibi, apologize, excuse, squirm out of, worm out of
,
freshen up - animate, brace, brace up, buck up, cheer, enliven, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, invigorate, perk up, pick up, quicken, refresh, regale,
purple heart - Benzedrine, Dexedrine, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, alcohol, amphetamine, analgesic, anodyne, barb, barbiturate, blue, blue devil, blue velvet, cocaine, codeine,
lightship - beacon, bench mark, cairn, freighter, landmark, light, lighthouse, mark, marker, milepost, milestone, monument, platform, ship, signal light,
honing - aching, eager, hankering, languishing, longing, nostalgia, nostalgic, pining, wistful, yearning, yen ,
undisturbed - at rest, calm, cloistered, cool, dwindling, ebbing, halcyon, hushed, impassive, isolated, mouldering, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, placid,
ocean-going - marine, maritime, nautical, navigational, oceanic, pelagic, salty, seafaring ,
withstand - be at cross-purposes, be proof against, bear, bear up, bear up against, buck, challenge, combat, complain, complain loudly, confront, contend with, contest, counter, counteract,
self-instructed - autodidactic, educated, learned ,
shrinking - Olympian, aloof, aseptic, atrophy, attenuation, backward, bashful, bashfulness, blank, boggle, boggling, chilled, chilly, cold, compunction,
freshen up - animate, brace, brace up, buck up, cheer, enliven, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, invigorate, perk up, pick up, quicken, refresh, regale,
purple heart - Benzedrine, Dexedrine, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, alcohol, amphetamine, analgesic, anodyne, barb, barbiturate, blue, blue devil, blue velvet, cocaine, codeine,
lightship - beacon, bench mark, cairn, freighter, landmark, light, lighthouse, mark, marker, milepost, milestone, monument, platform, ship, signal light,
honing - aching, eager, hankering, languishing, longing, nostalgia, nostalgic, pining, wistful, yearning, yen ,
undisturbed - at rest, calm, cloistered, cool, dwindling, ebbing, halcyon, hushed, impassive, isolated, mouldering, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, placid,
ocean-going - marine, maritime, nautical, navigational, oceanic, pelagic, salty, seafaring ,
withstand - be at cross-purposes, be proof against, bear, bear up, bear up against, buck, challenge, combat, complain, complain loudly, confront, contend with, contest, counter, counteract,
self-instructed - autodidactic, educated, learned ,
shrinking - Olympian, aloof, aseptic, atrophy, attenuation, backward, bashful, bashfulness, blank, boggle, boggling, chilled, chilly, cold, compunction,