| comparative |
measured or estimated by comparison; relative. |
| credential |
something that entitles one to confidence, credit, privilege, or authority. |
| dalliance |
a wasting away of time; loitering; dawdling. |
| eloquence |
skill or ability to use language that impresses or persuades. |
| fledgling |
a young bird that has just grown flight feathers or learned to fly. |
| franchise |
a right or privilege conferred by a government, especially the right to vote or the rights and powers of incorporation. |
| momentous |
very important. |
| necessitate |
to make unavoidable; require. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| solstice |
either of the two times in the year when the sun is furthest from the celestial equator, occurring in June and December. |
| tempestuous |
characterized by disturbance or commotion; stormy; turbulent. |
| tome |
a large thick book, often one of a multivolume scholarly work. |
| turpitude |
moral baseness; depravity. |
| visceral |
stemming from instinct or intuition rather than the intellect. |
| voluminous |
having or characterized by great size or quantity. |