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   penury

   /ˈpɛnjʊri/

   noun

   • 1. the state of being very poor; extreme poverty: "he couldn't face another year of penury"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin penuria ‘need, scarcity’; perhaps related to paene ‘almost’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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