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Vocabulary Unit #10
StudyStack for Vocabulary Unit #10 - Honors English 7 (May have mistakes)
| Term | Definition | Synonyms | Antonyms |
|---|---|---|---|
| bellow | to make a sound similar to that of a bull, roar; a loud, angry roar | yell, bawl, holler, howl | whisper, murmur |
| beneficiary | one who benefits from something; a person who is left money or other property in a will or the like | recipient, heir | Antonyms: None |
| botch | to repair or patch poorly; make a mess of; a hopelessly bungled job | foul up, mangle | Antonyms: None |
| clutter | to fill or cover in a disorderly way; a state of disorder, mess | litter, confusion | order, tidiness, neatness |
| dilapidated | falling apart or ruined, run-down | in disrepair, deteriorated, gone to seed | shipshape, trim |
| dismantle | to take apart; to strip of something | disassemble | put together, assemble, construct |
| farce | a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings; a ridiculous sham | buffoonery, travesty | tragedy, melodrama |
| futile | not successful, failing to have any result, useless; unimportant, frivolous | fruitless, vain, ineffective | successful, effective |
| grueling | very tiring, calling for an extreme effort | exhausting, punishing, taxing | easy, effortless |
| hospitable | offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange | gracious, cordial, courteous | unfriendly, cold, icy, chilly |
| lair | the home or den of a wild animal; any hideout | nest, burrow, hideaway | Antonyms: None |
| lavish | overly generous, extravagant; abundant; to spend or give freely | excessive, profuse | stingy, meager, begrudge, stint, deny |
| morbid | in an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy; unwholesome | depressed, unsound, sick | wholesome, healthy, cheerful, blithe |
| notorious | widely known because of bad conduct | disgraceful, infamous, disreputable | unknown, obscure, respectable |
| pamper | to allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing toward | cater to, indulge | abuse, maltreat, mistreat, discipline |
| parasite | an organism that lives on another; one who lives off another person | sponger, freeloader | Antonyms: None |
| shirk | to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink | duck, dodge | fulfill, perform, shoulder |
| surplus | an amount beyond what is required, excess; more than what is needed or expected | glut, surfeit, overage | shortage, lack, dearth, paucity |
| timidity | the state of being easily frightened | faintheartedness, shyness | fearlessness, boldness, intrepidity |
| veto | the power to forbid or prevent; to prohibit, reject | turn down, nix | approve, endorse, ratify |