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Ian T. (United States of America)
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  1. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  2. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  3. frugal
    avoiding waste
  4. mercenary
    a person hired to fight for another country than their own
  5. miserly
    characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
  6. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  7. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  8. thrifty
    mindful of the future in spending money
  9. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  10. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  11. confounding
    that confounds or contradicts or confuses
  12. cryptic
    having a secret or hidden meaning
  13. debacle
    a sudden and complete disaster
  14. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  15. labyrinth
    complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
  16. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  17. quagmire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  18. quandary
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  19. turbulence
    instability in the atmosphere
  20. turmoil
    a violent disturbance
Created on Mon Jun 11 10:57:05 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Jun 18 10:50:00 EDT 2012)

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