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Unit 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |