A Modest Proposal
prodigious
(adj.) immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree
rudiments
(n. pl.) the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything; the basics.
expedient
(n.) a means to an end; (adj.) advantageous, useful, though not ideal
deference
(n.) courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to a superior
importune
(v.) to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently
encumbrance
N. A burden or impediment
collateral
N. Anything of value belonging to the borrower that is pledged to the lender to guarantee that the loan will be repaid.
Sustenance
N. something that provides nourishment; food needed to live
deplorable
adj. Deserving censure or contempt; pitiable
thrifty
adj. able to handle money wisely, not extravagant
utterly
adv. completely and without qualification
famine
n. A time when there is so little food that many people starve.
melancholy
n. Depression of spirits
propagation
n. Multiplication or increase; having offspring or spreading ideas.
carcass
n. The dead body of an animal
enumerate
v. To count OUT; to list; to tick off the reasons for
computed
v. calculated
reckon
v. count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose