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| bellow | (syn)(v) yell, bawl, holler; (n) howl (ant) (v) whisper;(n) murmur |
| beneficiary | (syn) recipient, heir |
| botch | (syn)(v) to foul up, bungle, mangle |
| clutter | (syn)(v) litter;(n) confusion (ant)(n)order, tidiness, neatness |
| dilapidated | (syn) in disrepair, deteriorated, gone to seed (ant) shipshape, trim |
| dismantle | (syn) disassemble (ant) put together, assemble, construct |
| farce | (syn) buffoonery, mockery (ant) tragedy, melodrama, tearjerker |
| futile | (syn) fruitless, vain, ineffective (ant) successful, effective |
| grueling | (syn) exhausting, punishing, taxing (ant) easy, effortless |
| hospitable | (syn) gracious, cordial, courteous (ant) unfriendly, cold, icy, chilly |
| lair | (syn) nest, burrow, hideaway |
| lavish | (syn)(adj) excessive, profuse (ant)(adj) stingy, meager; (v) begrudge, stint, deny |
| morbid | (syn) depressed, unsound, "sick" (ant) wholesome, healthy, cheerful, blithe |
| notorious | (syn) disgraceful, infamous, disreputable (ant) unknown, obscure, respectable |
| pamper | (syn) coddle, cater to, indulge (ant)abuse, maltreat, mistreat, disipline |
| parasite | (syn) sponger, freeloader, leech |
| shirk | (syn) duck, sidestep (ant) fulfill, perform, shoulder, take on |
| surplus | (syn)(n) glut, surfeit, overage (ant)(n) shortage, lack, dearth, paucity |
| timidity | (syn) fearfulness, faintheartedness (ant) fearlessness, boldness, intrepidity |
| veto | (syn)(v) turn down, nix, forbid (ant)(v) approve, endorse, ratify, confirm |
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