| economize |
to spend less money; lower expenses; be economical. |
| laborious |
requiring considerable effort or perseverance. |
| liaison |
a communication link between groups or between parts of an organization, or a person or group that performs this function. |
| lummox |
(informal) someone who is especially clumsy, slow, and unintelligent. |
| namesake |
one who has been named after another. |
| populace |
the people who live in a particular place. |
| precedent |
an action that may serve as an example for future acts of the same nature. |
| premeditate |
to consider, plan, or arrange in advance. |
| recalcitrant |
stubbornly disobedient; refractory. |
| recipient |
one who accepts something that has been sent or given, or one who has been awarded something. |
| simpleminded |
not complex or sophisticated. |
| sobriety |
abstinence from alcohol; temperance. |
| succulent |
full of juice or sap; juicy. |
| surreptitious |
made, performed, or achieved by stealth or in secret. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |