| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | adversity | a difficult stressful condition |
| 2. | agitation | nervous excitement or strain |
| 3. | anxiety | worry or nervous strain |
| 4. | apprehension | anxious expectation or dread |
| 5. | arm-twisting | forceful persuasion or coercion |
| 6. | backpressure | resisting force in a system |
| 7. | badgering | repeated pressure through pestering |
| 8. | bind | a difficult constrained situation |
| 9. | bondage | state of oppressive control |
| 10. | bullying | coercive intimidating treatment |
| 11. | burden | a heavy responsibility or load |
| 12. | coercion | compelling someone against will |
| 13. | compression | pressing together by force |
| 14. | compulsion | an irresistible driving force |
| 15. | concern | worry or troubled interest |
| 16. | constraint | a limiting or forcing condition |
| 17. | constriction | tightening by pressure |
| 18. | control | power to direct or restrain |
| 19. | crunch | a difficult pressing situation |
| 20. | demand | an insistent requirement |
| 21. | difficulty | a hard demanding condition |
| 22. | disquiet | uneasy disturbed feeling |
| 23. | distress | extreme anxiety or pain |
| 24. | drain | something exhausting resources |
| 25. | drive | a force that propels action |
| 26. | duress | coercion by threat or force |
| 27. | duty | required responsibility or task |
| 28. | economic squeeze | financial pressure or hardship |
| 29. | encumbrance | a burden that hinders |
| 30. | enforcement | compelling compliance with rules |
| 31. | exaction | demanding pressure or requirement |
| 32. | exigency | an urgent pressing need |
| 33. | expectation | anticipated demand or standard |
| 34. | financial strain | money-related stress |
| 35. | fix | a troublesome difficult situation |
| 36. | force | compelling power or influence |
| 37. | friction | strain from conflict or resistance |
| 38. | goad | something that drives action |
| 39. | grip | strong controlling influence |
| 40. | harassment | persistent troubling pressure |
| 41. | hard sell | aggressive persuasive pressure |
| 42. | hardship | severe difficulty or suffering |
| 43. | heat | intense scrutiny or stress |
| 44. | heaviness | burdensome weight or seriousness |
| 45. | hounding | relentless pursuit or pressure |
| 46. | impetus | a force that encourages action |
| 47. | importunity | persistent urgent requests |
| 48. | impulsion | driving force or urge |
| 49. | influence | power to affect decisions |
| 50. | insistence | firm repeated demand |
| 51. | intimidation | frightening pressure to comply |
| 52. | jam | a cramped difficult situation |
| 53. | leverage | power to influence outcomes |
| 54. | load | something burdensome to carry |
| 55. | millstone | a heavy ongoing burden |
| 56. | necessity | something required or unavoidable |
| 57. | need | urgent requirement or necessity |
| 58. | nervousness | anxious strained feeling |
| 59. | obligation | a binding duty |
| 60. | onus | a difficult burden or duty |
| 61. | oppression | cruel or unjust control |
| 62. | oppressiveness | quality of being burdensome |
| 63. | overload | excessive burden or demand |
| 64. | overstrain | excessive physical or mental strain |
| 65. | overstress | excessive stress or strain |
| 66. | pinch | a tight or difficult situation |
| 67. | plight | an unfortunate difficult situation |
| 68. | predicament | a difficult pressured situation |
| 69. | pressing | urgent or forceful insistence |
| 70. | push | a forceful urging forward |
| 71. | pushing | forceful urging or pressure |
| 72. | repression | suppression by force |
| 73. | requirement | something demanded or needed |
| 74. | responsibility | something one must handle |
| 75. | restraint | limiting control or force |
| 76. | rigor | strict demanding quality |
| 77. | scrutiny | close critical examination |
| 78. | severity | harshness or intensity |
| 79. | spur | something that prompts action |
| 80. | squeeze | a tight financial or practical strain |
| 81. | strain | tension from effort or demand |
| 82. | stress | mental or emotional strain |
| 83. | strictness | severity in demands |
| 84. | sway | power to influence choices |
| 85. | tax | a strain on resources |
| 86. | tension | mental or physical tightness |
| 87. | thraldom | state of oppressive control |
| 88. | thrust | a strong driving force |
| 89. | tightness | a constrained pressured state |
| 90. | trap | a confining difficult situation |
| 91. | trouble | difficulty causing stress |
| 92. | unease | mild anxiety or discomfort |
| 93. | urgency | pressing need for action |
| 94. | urging | strong encouragement to act |
| 95. | vice | a crushing restraining grip |
| 96. | vise | a crushing restraining grip |
| 97. | weight | a heavy oppressive load |
| 98. | workload | amount of work causing strain |
| 99. | worry | mental distress or concern |
| 100. | yoke | burdensome control or duty |