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Usage

• exacting

  Someone who is exacting expects others to work very hard and carefully.

• vexing

  If a problem or situation is vexing, it puzzles, worries, or annoys someone.

• scintillating

  A scintillating conversation, speech, or performance is brilliantly clever, interesting, and lively.

• overweening

  Someone is overweening when they are not modest; rather, they think way too much of themselves and let everyone know about it.

• resounding

  A resounding success, victory, or defeat is very great or complete, whereas a noise of this kind is loud, powerful, and ringing.

• unremitting

  A thing or person that is unremitting is persistent and enduring in what is being done.

• unassuming

  Someone who is unassuming is not boastful or arrogant; rather, they are modest or humble.

• unflagging

  If you are unflagging while doing a task, you are untiring when working upon it and do not stop until it is finished.

• unprepossessing

  Something or someone that is unprepossessing is not impressive or is unattractive.

• excruciating

  An injury that is excruciating is extremely painful.

• impending

  An impending event is approaching fast or is about to occur; this word usually has a negative implication, referring to something threatening or harmful coming.

• unrelenting

  If you are unrelenting in your desire to do something, you stop at nothing until you've done it.

• engaging

  An engaging activity is attractive or agreeable to those who are involved in it.

• teeming

  Something teeming, such as a pond or forest, is filled or crowded with life—and growing even more so.

• obliging

  Someone who is obliging is very helpful towards other people, being eager to do them favors or offer them assistance.

• advocating

  supporting something

• alleviating

  making less onerous or severe

• cajoling

  gradually persuading someone to do something

• eating

  the act of consuming food

• loving

  feeling or showing love and affection

• rambling

  spreading out in different directions

• singing

  smooth and flowing