Vocab Unit 10 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Beneficiary- noun
Def- one who benefits from something; a person who is left money or other in a will or the like
Synonym- recipient, heir
Bellow- verb
bel’ ō
Def- to make a sound similar to that of a bull, roar; a loud, angry roar
Synonym- tell, bawl, howler; howl
Antonym- whisper; murmur
Botch- verb
Def- to repair or patch poorly; make a mess of; a hopelessly bungled job
Synonym- foul up, bungle, mangle
Clutter- verb, noun
Def- to fill or cover in a disorderly way; a state of disorder, mess
Synonym- litter; confusion
Antonym- order, tidiness, neatness
Dilapidated- adjective
Def- falling apart or ruined, run-down
Synonym- in disrepair, deteriorated, gone to seed
Antonym- shipshape, trim
Dismantle- verb
Def- to take apart; to strip of something
Synonym- dissemble
Antonym- put together, assemble, construct
Farce- noun
Def- a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings; broad or far-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham
Synonym- buffoonery, mockery
Antonym- tragedy, melodrama, tearjerker
Futile- adjective
Def- not successful, failing to have an result; useless; unimportant, frivolous
Synonym- fruitless, vain, ineffective
Antonym- successful, effective
Grueling- adjective
Def- very tiring, calling for an extreme effort
Synonym- exhausting, punishing, taxing
Antonym- easy, effortless
Hospitable- adjective
Def- offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange
Synonym- gracious, cordial, courteous
Antonym- unfriendly, cold, icy, chilly
Lair- noun
Def- the home or den of a wild animal; any hideout
Synonym- nest, burrow, hideaway
Lavish- adjective
Def- overly generous, extravagant; abundant; to spend or give freely or without limit
Synonym- excessive, profuse
Antonym- stingy, meager; begrudge, stint, deny
Morbid- adjective
Def- in an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy; caused by or related to disease, unwholesome
Synonym- depressed, unsound, “sick”
Antonym- wholesome, healthy, cheerful, blithe
Notorious- adjective
Def- widely known because of bad conduct
Synonym- disgraceful, infamous, disreputable
Antonym- unknown, obscure, respectable
Pamper- verb
Def- to allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing toward
Synonym- coddle, cater to, indulge
Antonym- abuse, maltreat, mistreat, discipline
Parasite- noun
Def- an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person
Synonym- sponger, freeloader, leech
Shirk- verb
Def- to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink
Synonym- duck, sidestep
Antonym- fulfill, perform, shoulder, take on
Surplus- noun, adjective
Def- an amount beyond what is required, excess; more than what is needed or expected
Synonym- glut, surfeit, overage
Antonym- shortage, lack, dearth, paucity
Timidity- noun
Def- the state of being easily frightened
Synonym- fearfulness, faintheartedness
Antonym- fearlessness, boldness, intrepidity
Veto- noun, verb
Def- the power to forbid or prevent; to prohibit, reject
Synonym- turn down, nix, forbid
Antonym- approve, endorse, ratify, confirm
