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Unit 10 Vocab 7th gr
7th Grade English Vocab Unit 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bellow | (v) to make a sound similar to that of a bull, roar; (n) a loud, angry roar |
| Beneficiary | (n) one who benefits from something; a person who is left money or other property in a will or the like |
| Botch | (v) to repair or patch poorly; make a mess of; (n) a hopelessly bungled job |
| Clutter | (v) to fill or cover in a disorderly way; (n) state of disorder, mess |
| Dilapidated | (adj) falling apart or ruined, run-down |
| Dismantle | (v) to take apart; to strip of something |
| Farce | (n) a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings; broad or far-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham |
| Futile | (adj) not successful, failing to have any result; useless; unimportant, frivolous |
| Grueling | (adj) not successful, failing to have any result; useless; unimportant, frivolous |
| Hospitable | (adj) offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange |
| Lair | (n) the home or den of a wild animal; any hideout |
| Lavish | (adj) overly generous, extravagant; abundant; (v) to spend or give freely or without limit |
| Morbid | (adj) in an unhealthy mental state, extremely, gloomy; caused by or related to disease; unwholesome |
| Notorious | (adj) widely known because of bad conduct |
| Pamper | (v) to allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing toward |
| Parasite | (n) an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person |
| Shirk | (v) to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink |
| Surplus | (n) an amount beyond what is required, excess; (adj) more than what is needed or expected |
| Timidity | (n) the state of being easily frightened |
| Veto | (n) the power to forbid or prevent; (v) to prohibit, reject |