adj,penurious,stingy; miserly noun,innuendo,indirect hint adj,abstemious,restricted to bare necessities; marked by moderation noun,trowel,tool used to apply cement verb,foment,incite; arouse adj,unremitting,never slackening; incessant; persistent verb,desiccate,to make thoroughly dry; dry out verb,remonstrate,to make objections; argue against some action adj,lachrymose,weeping or inclined to weep; tearful adj,hangdog,shamefaced or guilty; downcast; intimidated verb,enervate,to deprive of strength or vitality; debilitate; weaken adj,niggardly,unwilling to part with anything; stingy verb,hedge,to enclose or bound verb,exacerbate,to increase to severity of; aggravate noun,sage,a person--usually an elderly main--who is venerated for his experience judgment or wisdom adj,cogent,forcibly convincing adj,stilted,stiffly or artificially dignified or formal; pompous adj,affable,easy to speak to; approachable; amiable adj,quixotic,romantic without regard to practicality noun,pariah,social outcast adj,pragmatic,dealing with facts or natural occurrences; practical verb,ruminate,to meditate at length; to muse adj,resigned,marked by acceptance or passive submission adj,ignominious,characterized by shame or disgrace adj,elegiac,expressing sorrow; mournful adj,querulous,given to complaining or fretting; peevish noun,insouciance,lack of concern; indifference noun,dilettante,a dabbler in the arts adj,propitious,1) presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious 2) kindly; gracious adj,culpable,responsible for wrong or error; deserving censure; blameworthy adj,importunate,stubbornly or unreasonably persistent in request or demand noun,cruet,a small glass bottle for holding vinegar oil or other condiments at the table noun,apostate,one who forsakes his faith or principles noun,potentate,one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch noun,numismatist,one who studies and collects money or metals noun,philatelist,one who studies and collects stamps postmarks and related materials noun,repose,the act of resting; a rest noun,epaulet,a shoulder ornament noun,links,a golf course adj,parsimonious,marked by unusual or excessive frugality noun,mendicant,beggar adj,impecunious,lacking money; penniless adj,petulant,unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish adj,fatuous,complacently or unconsciously stupid; asinine; inane adj,picayune,of little value or importance; paltry adj,portentous,foreboding; ominous