Module 2. Interpreting 10/31/12

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trepidation

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tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation
2. trembling or quivering movement; tremor

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calamity

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great disaster.

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serendipity

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aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.

luck, blessing, fluke

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futile

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ineffective, useless

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ogle

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to look or stare in flirtatious manner

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prattle

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to talk in a foolish or simple way, chatter, babble

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harry

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harass, annoy, anxious, worried

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haggle

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bargain, argue, cavil

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noxious

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harmful, injurious, deleterious, toxic

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toxic

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poison, noxious

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putrid

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decay, rotten, fetid

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obnoxious

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offensive, aggressive, hostile

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voluble

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fluent, talkative, loquacious

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untenable

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unsuitable, indefensible

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refulgent

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radiant, gleaming, luninous

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posthumous

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after death

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troglodyte

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prehistoric cave dweller, seclusion, primitive

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mogul

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rich powerful person, tycoon

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charlatan

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swindler, cheat, con artist

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pariah

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an outcast, exile

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surpass

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outdo something or some one, excel

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augment

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increase, improve

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truncate

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shorten, trim

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wallow

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immerse bathe,

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saporific

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full of flavor

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soporific

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sleepy, drowsy, somnolent

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flotsam

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floating debris, junk, jetsam

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jetsam

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junk, flotsam

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limp

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not stiff, weak, drooping, lethargic,

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limpid

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lucid, clear, transparent, crystalline, pristine

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vapid

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flat, dull, insipid

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acephalous

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headless, without leader or ruler

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implicit

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implied, included without question

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rectitude

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decency, morality

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opprobrious

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shameful, disgraceful, ignominious

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coerced

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dominate by force, press, push, bully

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meander

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wander, zigzag, be all over the map

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depose

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remove from position, testify under oath. degrade, demote.

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malign

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slander, injurious, spoken badly of.

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sangfroid

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composure, calmness

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opulence

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wealth, abundance

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indolent

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lazy, lethargic, lackadaisical

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consanguinity

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affiliation, kinship, lineage

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glean

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collect, extract, gather

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suffuse

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spread out, bathe, saturate

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deplete

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exhaust, consume, diminish,

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capitulate

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give in, surrender, give up

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pithy

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brief, concise, to the point

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hirsute

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hairy, furry, shaggy

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amiss

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wrong, defective, unsuitable

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sober

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abstinent, not intoxicated

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fleece

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coat of wool that covers sheep. plunder, steal

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wreak

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force, cause, effect

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flout

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defy, disregard, scorn

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obliterate

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destroy, annihilate,

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indigent

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deficient, destitute, poor

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obtuse

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not sharp

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obstreperous

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noisy, out of hand, blusterous

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abstemious

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self-restrained, moderate

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fetid

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stinky, foul

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rotund

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fat, round

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deadpan

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poker-faced, impassive

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bifurcate

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divided into two branches.

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acumen

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acuity, shrewdness, ability to reason

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sagacious

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wise, smart

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hubbub

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noise, confusion, chaos, uproar

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insolvent

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bankrupt,

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feign

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pretend, invent

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volatile

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evaporate, impulsive, unstable, unpredictable

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abject

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hopeless, miserable

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muzzle

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cover, sheath

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rift

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crack, fissure

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tryst

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meeting, rendezvous

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parley

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mediation, discussion

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munificent

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generous, benevolent

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solvent

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financially sound,

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contentious

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argumentative, quarrelsome

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consent

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agreement, approval.

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predatory

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hunter, killer, greedy

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precipitous

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high, steep, abrupt

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nomad

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itinerant, drifting, wanderer

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sporadic

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scattered, occasional

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innuendo

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suggestion, hint, implication

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snide

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hateful, nasty, malicious

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spinster

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unmarried woman

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scintilla

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minute, iota, particle

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umbrage

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anger, displeasure, chagrin

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spurn

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reject, ignore, despise

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ablution

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cleansing, purification, washing

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soliloquy

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monologue, speech by one, act of talking while or as if alone.

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celestial

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heavenly, godlike, angelic.

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staid

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fixed, permanent, restrained

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tacit

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assumed, implied

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restive

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impatient, nervous, edgy

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desertion

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abandonment,

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dissertation

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thesis, long piece of writing on one subject

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tome

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large, scholarly book

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moratorium

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delay, suspension, freeze

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besmirch

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tarnish, sully, soil

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sully

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besmirch, tarnish,

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beset

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harass, attack, assail, badger

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divest

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deprive, dismantle, strip, rid

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conflagrations

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huge fire

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tyro

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novice, neophyte, greenhorn

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travail

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struggle, stress, drudgery

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surfeit

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excess, plethora, overflow

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dearth

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scarcity, shortage

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woe

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suffering, affliction,