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Vocabulary ch.10
Question | Answer |
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Bellow | v. to make a sound familiar to that of a bull, roar (n.) |
beneficiary | n. one who benefits from something; a person who is left money or property in a will or like |
Botch | v. to repair or patch poorly (n.) |
clutter | v. to fill or cover in a disorderly way (n.) |
Dilapidated | adj. falling apart or run-down |
dismantle | v. to take apart; to strip of something |
farce | n. a play filled with ridiculous humor or absurd happenings |
futile | adj. not successful, failing to have any result, useless, frivolous |
grueling | adj. very tiring, calling for an extreme effort |
hospitable | adj. offering friendly or generous treatment to guests |
lair | n. the home or den of a wild animal |
lavish | adj. overly generous, extravagant, abundant |
morbid | adj. in an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy |
notorious | adj. widely known because of bad conduct |
pamper | v. to allow too many privileges, to be too generous and easy-going |
parasite | n. an organism that lives in another |
shirk | v. to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty |
surplus | n. an amount beyond what is required, excess |
timidity | n. in the state of being easily frightened |
veto | n. the power to forbid or prevent |