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C1 Vocab Struggles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| destructive | causing a lot of damage or harm |
| disastrous | very harmful or bad |
| elusive | hard to achieve, find, remember, or define |
| grave | very bad or worrisome |
| ineffective | not achieving the desired outcome or intended result |
| undesirable | not wanted or considered unpleasant |
| overwhelming | too intense or powerful to resist or manage effectively |
| in vain | without success or achieving the desired result |
| to doom | to intentionally cause something or someone to fail or experience a negative outcome by creating specific conditions |
| to neglect | to fail to do something, particularly as a result of carelessness |
| to overshadow | to cause a person or thing to come across as less significant |
| breakdown | a failure in the progress or effectiveness of a relationship or system |
| burden | a responsibility or task that causes hardship, stress, etc. |
| catastrophe | a horrible event that causes much suffering and damage |
| dead end | a situation that shows no signs of progress or improvement |
| deficiency | an existing weakness or fault in someone or something |
| fail | a mistake or unsuccessful act |
| fall | a reduction in size, amount, number, etc. |
| fault | a wrong move or act |
| hurdle | a difficulty or problem that must be overcome in order to achieve something |
| inconvenience | difficulties caused by something that makes one irritated or uncomfortable |
| malfunction | a failure to function or work properly |
| mess | a situation with many problems or difficulties, caused particularly by someone who is careless |
| mishap | a minor accident that has no serious consequences |
| odds | circumstances that make it difficult to achieve something |
| oversight | a mistake made because of forgetting to do or not noticing something |
| setback | a problem that gets in the way of a process or makes it worse |
| underdog | an individual, team, etc. who is regarded as weaker compared to others and has little chance of success as a result |
| to give {sb} trouble | to cause someone problems |
| to no effect | not yielding the expected result |
| up against | faced with a problem or difficult situation |
| in the face of | despite a challenging or difficult situation |
| at the expense of | causing a negative consequence or cost to someone or something in order to benefit another |
| to evacuate | to leave a place to be safe from a dangerous situation |
| Murphy's law | a principle stating that if there is a possibility for a bad thing to happen, it will happen |
| to walk a tightrope | to be in a situation where one has to be careful about every decision they make because even one mistake can pose a great risk |
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