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| bel'low | (v) to make a sound similar to that of a bull, roar; (n) a loud, angry roar |
| benefic'iary | (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; (n) a hopelessly bungled job |
| clut'ter | (v) to fill or cover in a disorderly way; (n) a state of disorder, mess |
| dilap'idated | (adj) falling apart or ruined, run-down |
| disman'tle | (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 |
| fut'ile | (adj) not successful, failing to have any result; useless; unimportant, frivolous |
| grue'ling | (adj) very tiring, calling for an extreem effort |
| hospit'able | (adj) offering friendly or gererous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange |
| lair | (n) the home or den of a wild animal; any hideout |
| lav'ish | (adj) overly generous, extravagant; abundant; (v) to spend or give freely without limit |
| mor'bid | (adj) in an unhealthy mental state, extreemly gloomy; caused by or related to disease, unwholesome |
| notor'ious | (adj) widely known because of bad conduct |
| pam'per | (v) too allow too many privileges, be too gererous and easygoing toward |
| par'asite | (n) an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person |
| shirk | (v) to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink |
| sur'plus | (n) an ammount beyond what is required, excess; (adj) more than what is needed or expected |
| timid'ity | (n) the state of being easily frightened |
| ve'to | (n) to power to forbid or prevent; (v) to prohibit, reject |
