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6th Grade Vocabulary
Lesson 10
| Word | (part of speech) Definition |
|---|---|
| bellow | (v) roar |
| beneficiary | (n) person who is left money or property in a will |
| botch | (v) to repair poorly; make a mess of (n) hopelessy bungled job |
| clutter | (v) to fill or cover in a disorderly way (n) state of disorder |
| dilapidated | (adj) falling apart, run down |
| dismantle | (v) to take apart |
| farce | (n) a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings; broad humor |
| futile | (adj) not successful; useless |
| grueling | (adj) very tiring; calling for extreme effort |
| hospitable | (adj) offering friendly or generous treatment to guests |
| lair | (n) home or den of a wild animal; any hideout |
| lavish | (adj) extravagant; abundant (v) to spend or give freely, without limit |
| morbid | (adj) extremely gloomy |
| notorious | (adj) widely known because of bad conduct |
| pamper | (v) to allow too many privileges |
| parasite | (n) organism which lives off another organism |
| shirk | (v) to get out of doing work |
| surplus | (n) excess over what is needed |
| timidity | (n) state of being easily frightened |
| veto | (v) to prohibit or prevent |