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Est. 1828
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'ills'
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How ills often is described ("________ ills")

  • desperate
  • moral
  • mortal
  • terrible
  • present
  • worse
  • inevitable
  • worst
  • grievous
  • various
  • many
  • spiritual
  • organizational
  • political
  • emotional
  • chronic
  • socioeconomic
  • seated
  • environmental
  • psychic
  • countless
  • physical
  • myriad
  • financial
  • contemporary
  • innumerable
  • mighty
  • minor
  • nervous
  • serious
  • grave
  • earthly
  • past
  • worldly
  • domestic
  • social
  • psychological
  • dental
  • mental
  • economic
  • imaginary
  • fleshly
  • lesser
  • associated
  • current
  • numerous
  • educational
  • future
  • societal
  • urban
  • petty
  • racial
  • other
  • psychosomatic
  • human
  • kindred
  • manifold
  • industrial

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  • bugaboos
  • frailties
  • conundrums
  • quandaries
  • blights
  • hypocrisies
  • horrors
  • scourge
  • diseases
  • predicament
  • issues
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