self-aggrandizement
Promoting oneself as most important and powerful
Gauging
Measuring the amount of something
Agonistes
Agonist, engaged in struggle
Guardrail
A barrier against the dangerous point
Piqued
Excited with provocation
Partisan
A person who is committed to a specific political party
Disparager
Critic, detractor
Postulate
Hypothesize, preassume
Vista
Panorama, spectacle