Pleading
Part of speech: verb
Definition: present participle of plead
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a document filed in a lawsuit
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of or pertaining to that which pleads.
Example sentence: Throughout African-American literature, the writer has, in a sense, been burdened by the necessity of pleading the case for the whole race. For example, writers of slave narratives tend to lose their individual voices, as they were expected to stand in for all other voices, which were absent.
Importunate
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To importune, or to obtain by importunity.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Persistent or pressing.