Term | Definition |
bellow | (v.) to make a sound similar to that of a bull, roar; |
bellow | (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; |
botch | (n.) a hopelessly bungled job |
dilapidated | (adj) falling apart or ruined, run-down |
futile | (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 |
notorious | (adj) widely known because of bad conduct |
pamper | (v) to allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing toward |
shirk | (v) to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty, to sneak into, slink |
veto | (n) the power to forbid or prevent; |
veto | (v) to prohibit or reject |
clutter | (v) to fill or cover in a disorderly way; |
clutter | (n) a state of disorder, mess |
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 |
lavish | (adj) overly generous, extravagant; abundant |
lavish | (v) to spend or give freely or without limit |
grueling | (adj) very tiring, calling for an extreme effort |
morbid | (adj) in an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy; caused by or related to disease, unwholesome |
parasite | (n) an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives or another person |
surplus | (n) an amount beyond what is required, excess; |
surplus | (adj) more than what is needed or expected |
timidity | (n) the state of being easily frightened |