front 1 mettle | back 1 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 |
front 2 debacle | back 2 (noun) - a sudden and calamitous failure; a fiasco, catastrophe; disaster; mess; ruin; downfall. |
front 3 castigate | back 3 to reprimand (someone) severely, usually with the intention or correcting wrongdoing; to chide; admonish; chastise; censure; upbraid. VERB |