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Unit ten
Vocab unit 10
| words | definitions |
|---|---|
| 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 of patch poorly; make a mess of; (n.) a hopelessly bungled job |
| clutter | (v.) to fill or cover in a disorderly way; (n.) a 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; brod or far-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham |
| futile | (adj.) not successful, failing to have any result; useless; unimportant frivolous |
| grueling | (adj.) very tiring, calling foran extreme effort |
| hospitable | (adj.) offering frendly 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, extreamly gloomly; 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 duty; to sneak, slink |
| surplus | (n.) an amount beyond what is required,exess; (adj.) more thatn 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 |