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mettle
a person’s ability to cope well with difficulties or to face a demanding situation in a spirited and resilient way; backbone; fortitude; grit
NOUN
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debacle
(noun) - a sudden and calamitous failure; a fiasco, catastrophe; disaster; mess; ruin; downfall.
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castigate
to reprimand (someone) severely, usually with the intention or correcting wrongdoing; to chide; admonish; chastise; censure; upbraid.
VERB