| bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
| cataract |
a large waterfall. |
| condolence |
sympathy with a grieving or suffering person. |
| eloquence |
skill or ability to use language that impresses or persuades. |
| haggle |
to bargain or argue over petty differences in price, terms, or point of view. |
| imprecise |
not exact, accurate, or well-defined; vague. |
| inferiority |
the fact or condition of being lesser in quality, worth, importance, rank, or position. |
| inherent |
existing in or belonging to something as an essential or inborn part of its nature; innate; intrinsic. |
| inhibit |
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so. |
| inimical |
having or tending to have a bad effect; harmful or adverse. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| persevere |
to continue steadfastly in a task or course of action or hold steadfastly to a belief or commitment, especially when met with opposition or difficulties; persist. |
| plurality |
the largest proportion of votes in an election, especially when it is less than half the total, or the margin of votes separating the victor from the person who came second. |
| presumption |
a belief that is taken for granted but not proved. |
| proletariat |
the working class, especially those who lack capital and must sell their usually unskilled labor in order to survive. |