Related Words for balk

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rafter
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Verb
jib
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Verb, Verb
resist
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Verb, Verb
hesitate
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Verb
cringe
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Noun
flinch
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Verb
demur
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Noun
acquiesce
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Verb
hesitant
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Adjective
scoff
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Noun
grumble
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Noun
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
reject
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Verb
wary
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Adjective
leery
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Adjective
spurn
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Verb
aghast
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Adjective
refuse
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Noun
falter
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Noun
miffed
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Verb
loath
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Adjective
renege
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Verb
concede
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Verb
decry
x/
Verb
criticize
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Verb
discomfited
x/xx
Adjective
tempted
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Verb
baffled
/x
Adjective
complain
x/
Verb
peeved
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Adjective
hesitation
xx/x
Noun
capitulate
x/xx
Verb
trouble
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Noun
reluctance
x/x
Noun
shudder
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Noun
afraid
x/
Adjective
remonstrate
/xx
Verb
irked
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Verb
reflexively
x/xx
Adverb
stymied
/x
Verb
gasp
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Noun
daunted
/x
Verb
abashed
x/
Verb
scold
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Verb
perplexed
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Adjective
eschew
x/
Verb
nonplussed
x/
Verb
blunder
/x
Noun
apprehensive
xx/x
Adjective
mistake
x/
Noun
oppose
x/
Verb
yell
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Noun
hesitancy
/xxx
Noun
annoyed
x/
Verb
fazed
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Verb
worry
/x
Noun
upset
x/
Noun
squirm
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Noun
dare
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Verb
approve
x/
Verb
disapprove
xx/
Verb
stumble
/x
Noun
insist
x/
Verb
puzzled
/x
Verb
fearful
/x
Adjective
shun
/
Noun
argue
/x
Verb
misgiving
x/x
Noun
fail
/
Verb
loathe
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Verb
relent
x/
Verb
scrutinize
/xx
Verb
wince
/
Noun
uneasy
x/x
Adjective
defy
x/
Verb
embarrassed
x/x
Verb
timidly
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Adverb
repudiate
x/xx
Verb
dissuaded
x/x
Verb
appalled
x/
Verb
misstep
x/
Noun
dismayed
x/
Verb
condescend
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Verb
dumbfounded
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Verb
dabble
/x
Verb
groan
/
Noun
skeptical
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Adjective
clamor
/x
Noun
accede
x/
Verb
denounce
x/
Verb
snicker
/x
Noun
confounded
x/x
Verb
accept
x/
Verb
succumb
x/
Verb
shriek
/
Noun
mystified
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Verb
incredulous
x/xx
Adjective
exclaim
x/
Verb
scramble
/x
Noun
repulsed
x/
Verb
doubtful
/x
Adjective
vexed
/
Adjective
rethink
x/
Verb
applaud
x/
Verb
frightened
/x
Adjective
dismiss
x/
Verb
defer
x/
Verb
tremble
/x
Verb
compelled
x/
Verb
foolish
/x
Adjective
mull
/
Name
misunderstand
xxx/
Verb
revolted
x/x
Verb
shocked
/
Verb
vociferously
x/xxx
Adverb
instinctively
x/xx
Adverb
inquire
x/
Verb
lurch
/
Noun
cautious
/x
Adjective
alarmed
x/
Verb
scared
/
Verb
chagrined
x/
Verb
inclined
x/
Adjective
disagree
xx/
Verb
quandary
/xx
Noun
swear
/
Verb
land
/
Noun
fallow
/x
Noun
field
/
Noun
plough
/
Noun
terrace
/x
Noun
lodging
/x
Noun
barren
/x
Adjective
tillage
/x
Noun
furrow
/x
Noun
butt
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Noun
slump
/
Noun
waste
/
Noun
outfield
/x
Noun
farmyard
/x
Noun
camp
/
Noun
swale
/
Noun
eastern
/x
Adjective
northern
/x
Adjective
southern
/x
Adjective
prescience
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Noun
western
/x
Adjective
debit
/x
Noun
incalculable
x/xxx
Adjective
purists
/x
Noun
timber
/x
Noun
thwart
/
Verb
paying
/x
Verb
abolitionism
xx/xxx
Noun
abolitionists
xx/xx
Noun
aboriginal
xx/xx
Adjective, Name
agers
/x
Noun
circuses
/xx
Noun
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crafts
/
Noun
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
golf
/
Noun, Verb
harbors
/x
Noun, Verb
pop
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
proper
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
retreat
x/
Noun, Verb
sorcery
/xx
Noun
surrealism
x/xx
Noun
tanner
/x
Name
violin
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Noun, Verb
womankind
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Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
aisle
/
Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
bog
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
grape
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dicky
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Name, Adjective