Words Flashcards
Quick Willingness (43 cards)
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Abortive
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doomed from the start
2
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Balk
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To hesitate; To refuse
3
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Besiege
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To attack relentlessly
4
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Capitulate
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To surrender
5
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Carnage
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Bloodshed
6
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Catastrophic
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Disastrous
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Debacle
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An abject disaster
8
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Falter
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To lose strength; to fail
9
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Fiasco
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Embarrassing Performance
10
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Forestall
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To head off
11
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Fruitless
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Futile
12
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Harbinger
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A sign of bad luck
13
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Impasse
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Stalemate
14
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Incapacitate
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To disable
15
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Moribund
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Dying
16
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Nadir
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The low point of one’s fortunes
17
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Ominous
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Portending doom
18
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Plight
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Hardship
19
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Quandary
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Dilemma
20
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Ramifications
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Consequences
21
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Repulse
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To fend off
22
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Stymie
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To block another’s success
23
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Thwart
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To defeat another’s plans
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Alacrity
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Quick willingness
25
Aspirant
Vulgar, using indecent language
26
Belligerent
seeking war, hostile
27
Belittle
to speak of as unimportant
28
brash
Insolent
29
Castigate
To punish, chastise
30
Disdain (n.)
Scorn
31
Dregs
Most worthless part
32
Feint
Pretense, sham
33
Frenzy
Frantic outburst
34
Intimidate
To make afraid
35
Laceration
Rough cut
36
Octogenarian
Person of eighty
37
Promulgate
To make public, proclaim
38
Pugnacious
combative
39
Scoff
To mock
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Scurrilous
Vulgar, using indecent language
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Solace
Comfort
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Sordid
Filthy, ignoble
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Tangible
Able to touched be
