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7th Grade Vocab - Chapter 10
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| bellow | to make a sound similar to that of a bull, roar, a loud, angry roar |
| bellow | syn. yell, bawl, holler, howl |
| bellow | ant. whisper, murmur |
| beneficiary | one who benefits from something, a person who is left money or other property in a will or the like |
| beneficiary | syn. recipient, heir |
| botch | to repair or patch poorly, make a mess of, a hopelessly bungled job |
| botch | syn. foul up, bungle, mangle |
| clutter | to fill or cover in a disorderly way, a state of disorder, mess |
| clutter | syn. litter, confusion |
| clutter | ant. order, tidiness, neatness |
| dilapidated | falling apart or ruined, run-down |
| dilapidated | syn. in disrepair, deteriorated, gone to seed |
| dilapidated | ant. shipshape, trim |
| dismantle | to take apart, to strip of something |
| dismantle | syn. disassemble |
| dismantle | ant. put together, assemble, construct. |
| farce | a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings, broad or far fetched humor, a ridiculous sham |
| farce | syn. buffoonery, mockery |
| farce | ant. tragedy, melodrama, tearjerker |
| futile | not successful, failing to have any result, useless, unimportant, frivolous |
| futile | syn. fruitless, vain, ineffective |
| futile | ant.succesful, effective |
| grueling | very tiring, calling for an extreme effort |
| grueling | syn. exhausting, punishing, taxing |
| grueling | ant. easy, effortless |
| hospitable | offering friendly or generous treatment to guests, open to anything new or strange |
| hospitable | syn. gracious, cordial, courteous |
| hospitable | ant.unfriendly, cold, icy, chilly |
| lair | the home or den of a wild animal, any hideout |
| lair | syn. nest, burrow, hideaway |
| lavish | overly generous, extravagant, abundant, to spend or give freely or without limit |
| lavish | syn. excessive, profuse |
| lavish | ant. stingy, meager, begrudge, stint, deny |
| morbid | in an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy |
| morbid | syn. depressed, unsound, "sick" |
| morbid | ant. wholesome, healthy, cheerful, blithe |
| notorious | widely known because of bad conduct |
| notorious | syn. disgraceful, infamous, disreputable |
| notorious | ant. unknown, obscure, respectable |
| pamper | to allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing toward |
| pamper | syn. coddle, cater to, indulge |
| pamper | abuse, maltreat, mistreat, discipline |
| parasite | an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person |
| parasite | syn. sponger, freeloader, leech |
| shirk | to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink |
| shirk | syn. duck, sidestep |
| shirk | ant. fulfill, perform, shoulder, take on |
| surplus | an amount beyond what is required, excess; mor than what is needed or expected |
| surplus | syn. glut, surfeit, overage |
| surplus | ant. shortage, lack, dearth, paucity |
| timidity | the state of being easily frightened |
| timidity | syn. fearfulness, faintheartedness |
| timidity | ant. fearlessness, boldness, intrepidity |
| veto | the power to forbid or prevent; to prohibit, reject |
| veto | syn. turn down, nix, forbid |
| veto | ant. approve, endorse, ratify, confirm |
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