balk (n.)
- baffle
- bafflement
- beam
- beat
- blast
- blow
- brave
- buffet
- challenge
- check
- checkmate
- comedown
- confusion
- counter
- countermand
- cross
- dash
- decline
- defeat
- disappointment
- discomfiture
- disconcertion
- dish
- disillusion
- disillusionment
- dissatisfaction
- elude
- failure
- fiasco
- fizzle
- flinch
- foil
- foiling
- frustration
- gag
- grudge
- inadvertence
- inadvertency
- jib
- lapse
- letdown
- mind
- mirage
- miscue
- misstep
- omission
- oversight
- quail
- rebuff
- recoil
- refuse
- repulse
- reversal
- reverse
- rout
- ruin
- sabotage
- scotch
- scruple
- setback
- shrink
- shy
- slip
- spike
- spoil
- stick
- strain
- stumble
- stump
- tantalization
- tease
- thwart
- thwarting
- trip
- upset
balk (v.)
- baffle
- beam
- beat
- begrudge
- bilk
- blast
- blow
- boggle
- brave
- buffet
- challenge
- check
- checkmate
- circumvent
- confound
- confront
- contravene
- counter
- counteract
- countermand
- cross
- dash
- decline
- defeat
- defy
- destroy
- disappoint
- discomfit
- disconcert
- discountenance
- dish
- disillusion
- disrupt
- dissatisfy
- elude
- fizzle
- flinch
- flummox
- foil
- frustrate
- gag
- grudge
- jib
- lapse
- mind
- nonplus
- perplex
- persevere
- quail
- rebuff
- recoil
- refuse
- repulse
- reversal
- reverse
- rout
- ruin
- sabotage
- scotch
- scruple
- shrink
- shy
- slip
- spike
- spoil
- stick
- stickle
- stonewall
- strain
- stumble
- stump
- tantalize
- tease
- thwart
- trip
- upset
