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By the third quarter, the opposing team had lost the upper
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By the third quarter, the opposing team had lost the upper hand entirely, the game becoming an utter _________, a fact made most evident, perhaps, by the escalating jeers coming from the nearby bleachers.
A. debacle
B. rout
C. boondoggle
D. forgery
E. fallacy
F. infirmity
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Re: By the third quarter, the opposing team had lost the upper
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When the team lost his upper hand, the game becomes a "debacle" or a "rout".
Answer A and B
Answer A and B
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The team once had an “upper hand” and is now losing badly. You need words that denote a “crushing failure,” or a “drubbing.”
Debacle and rout are good, and none of the other words come close. Note that a boondoggle is certainly bad, but it is an unnecessary and wasteful project, and thus not relevant here.
Hence options debacle, rout are correct!
The team once had an “upper hand” and is now losing badly. You need words that denote a “crushing failure,” or a “drubbing.”
Debacle and rout are good, and none of the other words come close. Note that a boondoggle is certainly bad, but it is an unnecessary and wasteful project, and thus not relevant here.
Hence options debacle, rout are correct!
