| A | B |
| BELLOW | a loud angry roar |
| BENEFICIARY | a person who is left money or other property in a will |
| BOTCH | patch poorly; make a mess of; bungled job |
| CLUTTER | a state of disorder, mess |
| DILAPIDATED | falling apart or ruined, run down |
| DISMANTLED | to take apart; to stip of something |
| FARCE | far fetched humor; a ridiculous sham |
| FUTILE | not successful; useless; unimportant |
| GRUELING | very tiring, calling for an extreme effort |
| HOSPITABLE | offering friendly or generous treatment to guests |
| LAIR | the home or den of a wild animal |
| LAVISH | overly generous, extravagant; abundant |
| MORBID | extremely gloomy; unwholesome |
| NOTORIOUS | widely known because of bad conduct |
| PAMPER | too generous and easygoing toward |
| PARASITE | an organism that lives in or on another organism |
| SHIRK | to avoid or get out of doing work;to sneak |
| SURPLUS | excess; more than what is needed |
| TIMIDITY | the state of being easily frightened |
| VETO | the power to forbid or prevent; to prohibit |