VCJH. English 7. Vocabulary Unit 10 Flashcards
(20 cards)
beneficiary
one who benefits from somethin; a person who is left money or other property in a will or the like
Syn - recipient, heir
bellow
to make a sound similar to that of a full, roar; a loud angry roar
Syn - yell, bawl, holler; howl
Ant - whisper, murmur
botch
to repair or patch poorly; make a mess of; a hopelessly bungled job
syn - foul up, mangle, fumble
clutter
to fill or cover in a disorderly way; a state of disorder, mess
Syn - litter, confusion
Ant - order, tidiness, neatness
dilapidated
falling apart or ruined, run-down
Syn - in disrepair, deteriorated, gone to seed
Ant - shipshape, trim
dismantle
to take apart; to strip of something
Syn - disassemble
Ant - put together, assemble, construct
farce
a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings; broad or far-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham
Syn - buffoonery, travesty, mockery
Ant - tragedy, melodrama
futile
not successful, failing to have any result; useless; unimportant, frivolous
Syn - fruitless, vain, ineffective
Ant - successful, effective
grueling
very tiring, calling for an extreme effort
Syn - exhausting, punishing, taxing
Ant - easy, effortless
hospitable
offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange
Syn - gracious, cordial, courteous
Ant - unfriendly, cold, icy, chilly
lair
home or den of a wild animal; any hideout
Syn - nest, burrow, hideaway
lavish
overly generous, extravagant; abundant; to spend or give freely or without limit
Syn - excessive, profuse
Ant - stingy, meager; begrudge, stint, deny
morbid
in an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy; caused by or related to disease, unwholesome
Syn - depressed, unsound, “sick”
Ant - wholesome, healthy, cheerful, blithe
notorious
widely known because of bad conduct
Syn - disgraceful, infamous, disreputable
Ant - unknown, obscure, respectable
pamper
to allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing toward
Syn - cater to, indulge
Ant - abuse, maltreat, mistreat, discipline
parasite
an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person
Syn - sponger, freeloader
Ant - helper
shirk
to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink
Syn - duck, dodge, sidestep
Ant - fulfill, perform, shoulder, take on
surplus
an amount beyond what is required, excess; more than what is needed or expected
Syn - glut, surfeit, overage
Ant - shortage, lack, dearth, paucity
timidity
state of being easily frightened
Syn - shyness, faintheartedness
Ant - boldness, fearlessness, intrepidity
veto
the power to forbid or prevent; to prohibit, reject
Syn - turn down, reject, nix
Ant - approve, endorse, ratify
