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