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| constant in application or effort |
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| harsh or sour, as of temper or expression |
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| stubbornly conservative or out-of-date |
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| not completed or fully developed |
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| beginning to exist or appear |
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| lasting a very short time; transitory |
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| inordinately greedy; given to the satisfaction of greed |
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| of an sickly pallor; lacking color |
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| unusually severe or rigorous |
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| refusing to agree or compromise |
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| characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly |
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| bitter, rankling resentment; hatred |
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| overly sentimental or sweet |
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| invested with absolute power; domineering |
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| not easily controlled or directed; obstinate |
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| commonplace or dull; unimaginative |
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| holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action or opinion; resolute |
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| apparently good or right though lacking in real merit; deceptively attractive |
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| brutally harsh; vitriolic |
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| an insatiable desire for riches |
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| the property of being easily provoked to anger |
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| selecting or sampling from various sources |
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| on the verge of death or stagnation |
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| contemptibly timid; pusillanimous |
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| proceeding from or revealing generosity or nobility of mind |
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| a final resolution of the intricacies of a plot |
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| a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site |
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| repeatedly or habitually relapsing, as into crime |
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| a style of architecture characterized by elegance and a delicate overall effect |
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| a direct vote of the qualified voters of a state |
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| inducing sleep; distinguished by sleepiness |
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| disposed to silence; reluctant or restrained |
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| having an aloof attitude; overparticular |
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| an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident; good fortune |
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| deliberately ambiguous; of an uncertain character |
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| incapable of being understood; impenetrable |
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| smallness of quantity; insufficiency |
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| complacently or inanely foolish |
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| to harass with persistent requests |
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| to make objection, especially on the grounds of an argument |
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| a bad-tempered, difficult; cantankerous person |
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| one who uses flattery to win favor from individuals who wield influence; a toady |
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| servilely compliant or deferential; complaisant; obedient |
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| to eliminate the need for; to render unnecessary |
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