to press or urge w/ troublesome resistance

ask repeatedly

importune

v

large,

enormous,

large amount

prodigious

adj

wretched

awfull

deplorable

adj

raiments

n

fundamental skill of something,

 base principal

rudiment

n

prolific

adj

to long for something,

to feel or express dejection:

(depression or lowness of spirits)

repine

v

respect

high esteem

deference

n

act and regard to morals

 do what's morally right

scrupulous

adj

depressed

discouraged

despondent

adj

ambitious

anvious rivalry

ambition to succeed over others

to list or count

enumerate

v

the spreading or enlargement of something

(not by accident)

propagation

n

stingy

frugal

(prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful)

parsimony

n

animosity

n

in one's best interest

(fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances: It is expedient that you go)

effectual

adj

something pledged for security or loan

a secondary meaning

(He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as ___ for the money he borrowed)

collateral

n

a burden or impedement

(something that gets in your way)

encumbrance

n

avoirdupois

n

bodily weight