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Agonizing

/ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/
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(adj) Causing physical or mental agony.

It is agonizing for America to lose our young men and women.
It is agonizing for the United States to lose its young men and women.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Waiting for the results of the important medical test was ____.

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