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Vocabulary ch.10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |