| apex |
the highest point; tip. |
| armistice |
an agreement by groups of people or countries at war to stop fighting; truce. |
| capitalist |
one who supports an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market. |
| diminution |
the act, process, or result of decreasing or declining. |
| eloquence |
skill or ability to use language that impresses or persuades. |
| gratuitous |
given or done without sufficient reason or justification; unwarranted. |
| innate |
belonging to or existing in someone or some organism from the time of birth; inborn. |
| pretext |
a false reason or claim put forward to mask one's true motive or aim. |
| query |
a question. |
| resurrection |
a return to life after death. |
| self-determination |
the ability or freedom of a people to decide their own form of government. |
| short-term |
covering, lasting, or completed in a short period. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| tractable |
easy to manage or guide; docile. |
| unfeigned |
not pretended or false; genuine; sincere. |