pessimistic; someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
As a defeatist, he refused to even try the new strategy the team proposed.
Vocabulary like defeatist appears on the Digital SAT in Words-in-Context questions, where you choose the word that fits a passage's meaning and tone. You can also drill this word with vocabulary flashcards.
drop; grow worse
polite and proper
propriety; propriety in manners and conduct
publicly criticize
infer; reason by deduction; establish by deduction
possible to infer; capable of being deduced
spoil the appearance; mar or spoil the appearance of
slander; charge falsely or with malicious intent
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