| adversity |
a condition of trouble or difficulty. |
| aural2 |
of or relating to the ear or hearing. |
| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| cosmopolitan |
of, drawn from, or common to all the world or all the peoples of the world. |
| culmination |
the highest point; zenith; climax. |
| detonate |
to explode or cause to explode. |
| ingénue |
an inexperienced or artless girl or the role of a such a girl in a dramatic presentation. |
| nonconformity |
refusal or failure to adjust one's behavior and actions to accord or comply with societal customs, values, or the like. |
| plaintive |
showing or expressing sadness or sorrow. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| protuberance |
that which projects; bulge or bump. |
| proxy |
a person who is authorized to act for or on behalf of another, especially as a voter; substitute. |
| self-determination |
the ability or freedom of a people to decide their own form of government. |
| simultaneous |
existing, happening, or done at the same time. |
| soliloquy |
an act of talking or a speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone. |