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Terms for Difficult People

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guarded
adjective
cautious; prudent
construe
verb
to interpret
frustrate
verb
to disappoint or thwart
belligerent
adjective
aggressively hostile
testy
adjective
irritable
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overbearing
adjective
domineering
suffocate
verb
to cutting off air to the lungs
misgiving
noun
doubt

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