vocabulary workshop unit 10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 bellow | to make a sound similar to the sound of a bull, roar; a loud, angry roar |
| beneficiary | one who benefits from something; a person who is left money or other property in a will or a like |
| botch | to repair or patch poorly; to make a mess of; a hopelessly bungled job |
| clutter | to fill or clutter in a disorderly way; a state of disorder, mess |
| dilapidated | falling apart or ruined, run-down |
| dismantle | to take apart; to strip of something |
| farce | a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings; broad or far-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham |
| futile | not successful, failing to have any result; useless; unimportant, frivolous |
| grueling | very tiring, calling for an extreme effort |
| hospitable | offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange |
| lair | the home or den of a wild animal; any hideout |
| lavish | overly generous, extravagant; abundant; to spend or give freely or without limit |
| morbid | in an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomly; caused by or related to disease, unwholesome |
| notorious | widely known because of bad conduct |
| pamper | to allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing for |
| parasite | an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person |
| shirk | to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink |
| surplus | an amount that is beyond what is required, excess; more than what is needed or expected |
| timidity | the state of being easily frightened |
| veto | the power to forbid or prevent; to prohibit, reject |
| ... | All the members of that family are such _____ people that we are always completely at ease whenever we visit them. |
| ... | They gave me so ______ a helping of dinner that for the first time in my life I was unable to polish off the food on my plate. |
| ... | As a child she was so _______ by her parents that she still seems to think that her wishes should be instantly granted. |
| ... | The practice session was so _______ that we scarcely had the strength to get to the dressing room and take our showers. |
| ... | It is a curious fact of nature that most _____ are unable to survive when they are seperated from the organisms they feed on. |
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