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scarcity(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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straits(trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
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tragedy
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trial(trouble, hurt, defeat, fall)
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trouble(hurt, defeat, fall, difficulty)
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affliction(trouble, worry, difficulty, depression)
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agony(depression, sadness, gloom, unhappiness)
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bane(collapse, extinction, destruction, wreck)
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blight
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burden(depression, sadness, gloom, unhappiness)
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casualty(trouble, hurt, defeat, fall)
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catastrophe(trouble, hurt, defeat, fall)
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curse(trouble, worry, difficulty, depression)
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defect(want, need, lack, loss)
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deficit(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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depletion(defeat, pass, difficulty, distress)
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disaster(trouble, ruin, defeat, difficulty)
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dolor(depression, sadness, gloom, unhappiness)
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embarrassment(shame, humiliation, awkwardness, poverty)
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emptiness(pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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