Week 4 Flashcards

1
Q

carnage

A

bloodshed

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2
Q

ominous

A

portending doom

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3
Q

harbinger

A

a sign of bad luck

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4
Q

incapacitate

A

to disable

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5
Q

succumb

A

to give in; to die

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6
Q

debacle

A

an abject disaster

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7
Q

NR carn

A

flesh

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8
Q

NR omen

A

bad sign

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9
Q

NR capit

A

head

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10
Q

abortive

A

doomed from the start

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11
Q

nadir

A

the low point of one’s fortunes

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12
Q

ramifications

A

consequences

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13
Q

forestall

A

to head off

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14
Q

moribund

A

dying

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15
Q

balk

A

to hesitate; to refuse

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16
Q

NR fic/fac

A

make/do

17
Q

NR fore

A

before

18
Q

NR mori

A

death

19
Q

NR bund

A

bound

20
Q

catastrophic

A

disastrous

21
Q

fruitless

A

futile

22
Q

besiege

A

to attack relentlessly

23
Q

capitulate

A

to surrender

24
Q

repulse

A

to fend off

25
Q

fiasco

A

embarrassing performance

26
Q

NR fruit

A

product

27
Q

NR pulse

A

push

28
Q

impasse

A

stalemate

29
Q

falter

A

to lose strength; to fail

30
Q

stymie

A

to block another’s success

31
Q

quandary

A

dilemma

32
Q

plight

A

hardship

33
Q

thwart

A

to defeat another’s plans

34
Q

NR pass

A

way

35
Q

NR falt

A

defect, mistake

36
Q

NR quand

A

when