He is known for his obdurate determination
unyielding to persuasion or moral influences
corroborate
to support with evidence
excessive greed
avarice
If you do something outrageous or egregious enough, you can become rich and famous
extremely bad
paucity
small in quantity
to make unclean, impure
defile
Is he going to be this brazen, this bold all the time
excessively bold, brash
coalesce
to fuse into a whole
brief to the point of being superficial
cursory
I would not demean myself by accepting such poor rates of pay
to lower the status or stature of something
astute
very clever, crafty
understood by only a select few
esoteric
I am so tired,' she said in a languid voice
sluggish from fatigue or weakness
extol
to praise, revere
hidden, but capable of being exposed
latent