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   Cassandra

   /kəˈsandrə/

   • 1. a daughter of the Trojan king Priam. She was given the gift of prophecy by Apollo, but when she cheated him, he turned this into a curse by causing her prophecies, though true, to be disbelieved.

   noun

   • 1. a prophet of disaster, especially one who is disregarded: "seldom have the unwanted words of a Cassandra been more ignored than his speech on the US economy"

   Scrabble Points: 12

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