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