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drought(lack, scarcity)
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privation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
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default(noun, weakness, need, lack)
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deprivation(noun, failure, need, loss)
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starvation(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
2
bankruptcy(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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barrenness(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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beggary(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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impoverishment(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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inferiority(noun, need, loss, reduction)
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loss(noun, weakness, failure, need)
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necessity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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penury(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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shortness(noun, need, loss, reduction)
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weakness(noun, failure, fault, lack)
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abjection(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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abridgement(noun, need, loss, reduction)
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aridity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure)
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basic(noun, essential, requirement, necessity)
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