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Unit 10
Term | Definition |
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bellow | loud angry roar |
beneficiary | one who benefits from something |
botch | to repair or patch poorly,a bungled job |
clutter | to fill or cover in a disorderly way, mess, a state of disorder |
dilapidated | falling apart or ruined, run-down |
dismantle | to take apart, to strip of something |
farce | a play with absurd happenings, a ridiculous sham |
futile | not successful, useless, unimportant |
grueling | very tiring, calling for an extreme effort |
hospitable | offering friendly or generous treatment to guests, open to anything new or strange |
lair | lair home or den of a wild animal, a hideout |
lavish | overly generous, extravagant, to spend or give freely |
morbid | in an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy; caused by or related to disease |
notorious | widely known because of bad conduct |
pamper | to allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing toward |
parasite | an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person |
shirk | to avoid or get our of doing work, neglect a duty; to sneak |
timidity | the state of being easily frightened |
veto | the power to forbid, prevent; to prohibit, reject |
surplus | an amount beyond what is required, excess |