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abstemious absinthian ascetic asperous astringent cavillous caviling caustic catastrophic captious callous calamitous burro brut bleak biting bestial bald autocratic abrasive racking painful overwhelming oppressive operose onerous morose mordant mordacious merciless mean major laborious knotty knotted parlous paroxysmal penal pyrotic puritanical puritan punitive prudish prohibitory profound priggish precarious ponderous poignant pitiless