Modifies a noun

• gambler: All the evidence points to him being an inveterate gambler, who throws the dice on every possible occasion.

• liar: Politicians are either known to be sexually promiscuous and inveterate liars, or we usually suspect them to be.

• traveler: In church this morning we have many people who are inveterate travelers.

• collector: Cotman was an inveterate collector of prints by his contemporaries, which he frequently raided for subjects for his drawing copies.

• enemy: However the moment you renounce him declaring that you accept Christ as your Savior he becomes your inveterate enemy.

• habit: Poor Abel, as he was called, had an inveterate habit of over-sleeping himself and coming late to his work.