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Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.

Grievance :: Grievance (v. t.) Grieving; grief; affliction.

Buffeting :: Buffeting (n.) A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity..

Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial.

Panacea :: Panacea (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction..

Affliction :: Affliction (n.) The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief..

Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..

Crucible :: Crucible (n.) A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction..

Tribulation :: Tribulation (n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction..

Drearihood :: Drearihood (n.) Affliction; dreariness.

Pressure :: Pressure (n.) Affliction; distress; grievance.

Commiseration :: Commiseration (n.) The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion..

Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.

Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task..

Affliction :: Affliction (n.) The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief..

Vexation :: Vexation (n.) The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.

Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction..

Scourge :: Scourge (n.) Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment..

Soreness :: Soreness (n.) The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction..

Distress :: Distress (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.

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