| A | B |
|---|
| eke | to manage but with difficulty |
| dearth | a scarcity or lack of something, deficiency |
| exiguous | very small in size or amount, modest |
| nominal | in name only, minimal, trifling |
| pittance | tiny amount of money |
| titular | in name or title only, not possessing any real substance, honorary |
| scion | descendent of a notable family or one iwth a long lineage |
| epigone | an inferior imitator of some distinguished writing or artist or musician |
| avuncular | friendly and helpful towards someone younger, in the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle; Hence kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant |
| nepotism | the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, esp. by giving them jobs |
| posterity | all future generations of peopl |
| lineage | lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestory or pedigree |
| progenitor | a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates, an ancestor or partent |
| prolific | producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring, abundant, bountiful |
| posthumous | occurring, awarded, or appearing after th death of the originator |
