adjective. 1 making severe or excessive demands; not easily satisfied; 2 demanding great care and patience and effort

adjective. 1 slippery or greasy; 2 unpleasantly and excessively suave or insincerely smooth in speech or manner

adjective. 1 abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; 2 ostentatiously lofty in style

adjective. of or like or containing soap; soapy

adjective. 1 providing for future needs or events; 2 exercising or characterized by foresight

adjective. 1 characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; 2 humorously sarcastic or mocking

noun. a trace of something that once was present

adjective. 1 biting or given to biting; 2 sharp or caustic in style or tone

noun. 1 a pauper who lives by begging; 2 a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms; adjective. practicing beggary