Noun

(en noun)

Mortality; plague; pestilence.

A calamity or disaster.

A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

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A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.

A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now chiefly in negative constructions.)

Noun

(en-noun)

A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.

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A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.

A puzzling circumstance.

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