Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 61 rungs 53 ladder 44 upper echelons 44 precariously 42 upper echelon 41 echelons 39 abject poverty 39 ascending 39 socio economic 38 strata 38 rung 38 underclass 38 perch 38 echelon 37 atop 37 hierarchy 37 perches 37 pyramid 36 upwardly mobile 36 ascended 36 ladders 36 occupations 36 inexorably 36 socioeconomic 36 unskilled 36 languishing 36 poverty 36 middle 36 bottom 35 ranks 35 affluence 35 ascend 35 elites 35 inequality 35 totem pole 35 niches 35 heap 35 fringes 35 top 35 exalted 35 disproportionately 35 proletariat 34 underdevelopment 34 elite 34 descending 34 languish 34 behemoths 34 widening gap 34 prosperity 34 obscurity 34 abyss 34 climb 34 hierarchies 34 rickety 33 tiers 33 mediocrity 33 glass ceiling 33 leapfrogging 33 pecking order 33 nots 33 periphery 33 spheres 33 perilously 33 ghettos 33 destitution 33 castes 33 poorer 33 wage earners 33 backwaters 32 inequalities 32 stagnated 32 firmly entrenched 32 powerhouses 32 aristocracy 32 mire 32 precarious 32 educational attainment 32 oblivion 32 rankings 32 cling 32 journeymen 32 brackets 32 professions 32 relegated 32 smack dab 32 relegating 32 climbing 32 backwardness 32 upper crust 32 lowly 32 prospered 31 inequities 31 tier 31 above 31 crumbs 31 uneasily 31 inexorable 31 purgatory 31 spot 31 dwellers 31 scrap heap