| affluence |
material wealth. |
| backfire |
to have results that are the opposite of what one wanted. |
| cohesion |
the state or quality of having parts that are logically ordered or connected into a whole. |
| didactic |
intended to educate or instruct, especially in moral values. |
| diminution |
the act, process, or result of decreasing or declining. |
| emboss |
to decorate the surface of with a raised design. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| inkling |
a blurry or partial idea or understanding. |
| monumental |
massive, imposing, or extremely conspicuous. |
| staid |
formal, solemn, and reserved in character. |
| stalemate |
any situation in which a further action, offer, or the like is impossible or unlikely; deadlock. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |
| trajectory |
the actual or expected path of a moving object, especially the curve followed by a projectile, missile, or spacecraft in flight. |
| turpitude |
moral baseness; depravity. |
| unspoken |
assumed without being expressed or spoken; implied. |