| deficit |
The amount by which something is less than what is needed. A deficit of money is caused by spending more than has been taken in. |
| edifice |
a building, especially a large or impressive structure. |
| fecund |
capable of producing abundant fruit or offspring; fruitful; fertile. |
| inferiority |
the fact or condition of being lesser in quality, worth, importance, rank, or position. |
| invalidate |
to deprive a claim of force or effect by negating its factual or legal basis. |
| mellifluous |
flowing and sweet, as though with honey. |
| onslaught |
a forceful, often sudden, offensive maneuver; attack. |
| optic |
of or concerning the eye or the sense of sight. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| promulgate |
to explain or give instruction in (a doctrine) in public; advocate. |
| prototype |
an original model on which later stages or forms are based or developed. |
| revel |
to feel great pleasure; rejoice (usually followed by "in"). |
| roster |
a list of names of individuals or groups belonging to or participating in an organization, class, military or police unit, or the like. |
| rudimentary |
of or pertaining to the basic or first principles; elementary. |
| ruffian |
one who is tough and violent; bully; thug. |