Week 4 Flashcards
1
Q
carnage
A
bloodshed
2
Q
ominous
A
portending doom
3
Q
harbinger
A
a sign of bad luck
4
Q
incapacitate
A
to disable
5
Q
succumb
A
to give in; to die
6
Q
debacle
A
an abject disaster
7
Q
NR carn
A
flesh
8
Q
NR omen
A
bad sign
9
Q
NR capit
A
head
10
Q
abortive
A
doomed from the start
11
Q
nadir
A
the low point of one’s fortunes
12
Q
ramifications
A
consequences
13
Q
forestall
A
to head off
14
Q
moribund
A
dying
15
Q
balk
A
to hesitate; to refuse
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
