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necessity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, condition)
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insolvency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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difficulty(noun, trouble, pass, distress, confusion)
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famine(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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hardship(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
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impecuniousness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, condition)
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misery(noun, trouble, depression, want, sadness)
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exigency(noun, trouble, difficulty, want, need)
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scarceness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, lack)
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meagerness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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meagreness(noun, shortage)
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pennilessness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, condition)
7
pinch(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
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deficit(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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embarrassment(noun, shame, humiliation, awkwardness, blushing)
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mendicancy
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scantness(noun, weakness, condition, failure, excess)
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sparseness(noun, lack, scarcity, insufficiency, scantiness)
5
straits(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty, distress)
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