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   agonize

   /ˈaɡənʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. undergo great mental anguish through worrying about something: "I didn't agonize over the problem"
   • ▪ cause mental anguish to: "a question which will agonize the technocrats"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French agoniser or late Latin agonizare, from Greek agōnizesthai ‘contend’, from agōn ‘contest’.

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • A

     1

   • G

     2

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • Z

     10

   • E

     1

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