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