Related Words for culture shock

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estrangement
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Noun, Noun
disorientation
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Noun
strangeness
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Noun
confusion
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Noun
embarrassment
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Noun
bewilderment
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Noun
liminality
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Noun
unfamiliarity
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Noun
symbiosis
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Noun
turmoil
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Noun
anxiety
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Noun
discomfort
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Noun
foreignness
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Noun
uneasiness
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Noun
habitus
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Noun
trepidation
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Noun
alienation
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Noun
fuzz
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Noun
puzzle
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Noun
unrest
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Noun
alterity
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Noun
exoticism
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Noun
hypersensitivity
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Noun
incongruity
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Noun
chaos
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Noun
suddenness
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Noun
bemusement
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Noun
adversity
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Noun
overwhelm
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Verb
dissonance
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Noun
hostility
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Noun
perplexity
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Noun
ethnicity
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Noun
annoyance
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Noun
nervousness
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Noun
insecurity
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Noun
dysphoria
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Noun
puzzlement
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Noun
hardship
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Noun
awkwardness
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Noun
aloofness
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Noun
weirdness
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Noun
anomaly
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Noun
exile
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Noun
stricture
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Noun
absorber
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Noun
acculturation
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Noun
activation
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Noun
afraid
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Adjective
air cushion
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Phrase, Noun
alarm
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Noun, Verb
amazement
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Noun
anderson
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Name
aquaculture
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Noun
arable
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Adjective
archaic
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Adjective, Name
arousal
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Noun
art
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Noun
assault
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Noun, Verb
assay
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Noun, Verb
astonishment
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Noun
atmosphere
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Noun
attack
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
attitude
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Noun, Verb
aversion
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Noun
background
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
barrage
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Noun, Verb
battery
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Noun
beating
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Noun
beliefs
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Noun
blast
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Noun, Verb
bleed
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Verb, Noun
blitz
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Noun, Verb
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
bound
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
brain
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Noun, Verb
breeding
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Noun, Adjective
brunt
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Noun, Verb
buffer
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Noun, Verb
bump
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Noun, Verb
called
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Adjective
chair
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Noun, Verb
cholestatic
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Adjective
civilisation
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Noun
civilization
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Noun
civilized
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Adjective
clash
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Noun, Verb
climate
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Noun, Verb
club
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Noun, Verb
collide
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Verb
collision
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Noun
coma
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Noun
commotion
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Noun
community
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Noun
concussion
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Noun
confrontation
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Noun
consternation
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Noun
convulsion
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Noun
counterculture
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Noun
country
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Noun, Adjective
coup
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Noun, Verb
cramp
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
crash
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
crisis
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Noun
crop
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Noun, Verb
crunch
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Noun, Verb
crush
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Verb, Noun
cultivate
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Verb
cultivation
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Noun
cultural
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Adjective
cultured
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Adjective
curriculum
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Noun
curtain
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Noun, Verb
cushion
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Noun, Verb
custom
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
cycling
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Noun, Adjective
dampening
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Noun
damper
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Noun
daze
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Noun, Verb
developing
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Adjective, Noun
disappointment
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Noun
disbelief
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Noun
discharge
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Noun, Verb
dismay
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Noun, Verb
disruption
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Noun
distress
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Noun, Verb
disturbance
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Noun
diverse
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Adjective, Adverb
downlink
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Noun, Verb
download
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Verb, Noun
dump
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Noun, Verb
earthquake
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Noun, Verb
ecologically
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Adverb
education
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Noun
electric
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Adjective, Name
electric shock
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Name, Name
electricity
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Noun
electroconvulsive
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Adjective
electrocution
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Noun
emotion
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Noun
english
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Name, Adjective, Verb
enrichment
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Noun
environment
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Noun
ethos
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Noun
excitation
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Noun
experimental
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Adjective, Noun
farmed
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Verb, Adjective
fitness
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Noun
floor
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Noun, Verb
folklore
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Noun
folkways
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Noun
fright
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
galvanize
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Verb
germanic
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Adjective, Name
grow
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Verb, Noun
growth
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Noun
handicap
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Noun, Verb
harvesting
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Noun
heritage
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Noun
hit
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
home
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Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
homogenous
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Adjective
horror
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Noun
humanistic
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Adjective
husbandry
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Noun
hydrostatic
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Adjective
hypertensive
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Adjective, Noun
hypoglycemic
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Adjective, Noun
hypotensive
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Adjective, Noun
hypothermic
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Adjective
idiom
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Noun
impact
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Noun, Verb
indignation
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Noun
insult
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Noun, Verb
intercultural
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Adjective
interference
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Noun, Verb
irradiation
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Noun
jerky
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
jolt
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Noun, Verb
knock
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Verb, Noun
knowledge
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Noun, Verb
kultur
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Name
landfill
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Noun, Verb
language
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Noun, Verb
letdown
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Noun
letters
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Noun
lifestyle
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Noun
lightning
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
literacy
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Noun
literate
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Adjective, Noun
literature
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Noun
livestock
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Noun
melanesian
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Name, Adjective
mentality
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Noun
mind
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Noun, Verb
mindset
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Noun
moc
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Name, Adjective
modem
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Noun, Verb
modern
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Adjective, Noun
monkey
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Noun, Verb
mores
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Noun
national
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Name, Adjective
norm
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Noun, Verb
nurture
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Verb, Noun
obstacle
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Noun
occupant
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Noun
offend
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Verb
official
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Adjective, Noun
onslaught
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Noun
outrage
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Noun, Verb
pain
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Noun, Verb