New Words, Use It Twice And It Is Yours

Well, some are not exactly new words to me. It's just that I seldom use them.

From the article "Obama surges ahead of McCain":

"...John McCain fumbled his response to a looming US economic cataclysm - one that threatened to match the financial catastrophe of the 1930s Great Depression."

1. Fumble:

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• grope: feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
• make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"
• handle clumsily

2. Cataclysm:

• calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity";
• "the earthquake was a ...

3. Catastrophe:

• calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a ...
• a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"
• a sudden violent change in the earth's surface