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arduous |
involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring. |
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baneful |
causing destruction or serious damage : bad or evil |
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chagrin |
distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated |
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diminutive |
extremely or unusually small. |
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effrontery |
insolent or impertinent behavior |
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fiasco |
a thing that is a complete failure, especially in a ludicrous or humiliating way."his plans turned into a fiasco" |
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goad |
provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction. |
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hierarchy |
a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority |
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illicit |
illegal not allowed |
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juxtapose |
place or deal with close together for contrasting effect. |
