Unit 10 vocab
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
bellow | to make a sound similar to that of a bull, roar; a load, angry roar |
beneficiary | one who benefits from something; a person who is left money or other property in a will or the like |
botch | to repair or patch poorly; make a mess; hopelessly bungled up |
clutter | to fill or cover 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 abused happenings; broad or far-fetched; 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 a limit |
morbid | In an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy; 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 toward |
parasite | An organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person |
shirk | To avoid of get out of doing work, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink |
surplus | An amount beyond what is required, excess more than what is needed or excepted |
timidity | The state of being easy frightened |
veto | The power to forbid or prevent to prohibit, reject |
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