A s..................., or man of learning, is devoted to increasing knowledge.
savant
He was standing in the corner quietly, f.................. with something in his hands.
fiddling
I want v........................ for my father. I`ll kill the man who killed him.
vengeance
If I had known it would blow his t....................., I wouldn`t have done it.
top
I thought I`d done better in the exam. But the results came out d................. bad.
dismally