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Unit 10
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20
General Vocab
7th Grade
03/16/2010

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Term
Bellow
Definition
(verb) to make a sound similar to that of a bull, roar; (noun)a loud, angry roar

synonyms: (verb) yell, bawl, holler; (noun) howl
antonyms: (verb) whisper; (noun) murmur
Term
Beneficiary
Definition

(noun) one who benefits from something; a person who is left money or other property in a will or the like

 

synonyms: recipient, heir

 

 

Term
Botch
Definition

(verb) to repair or patch poorly; make a mess of; (noun) a hopelessly bungled job

 

synonyms: (verb) foul up, bungle, mangle

 

 

Term
Clutter
Definition
(Verb)to fill or cover in a disorderly way; (noun) a state of disorder, mess

Synonyms: (verb) litter; (noun) confusion
Antonyms: (noun) order, tidiness, neatness
Term
Dilapidated
Definition
(adj. failling apart or ruined, run-down

synonyms: in disrepair, deteriorated, gone to seed
antonyms: shiphape, trim
Term
Dismantle
Definition
(nevr) to take apart, to strip of something

synonyms: disassemble
antonyms: put together, assemble, construct
Term
Farce
Definition
(noun) a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happeneing, broad or far-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham

synonyms: buffoonery, mockery
antonyms: tragedy, melodrama, tearjerker
Term
Futile
Definition
(adj) not successful, failing to have any result; useless; unimportant; frivolous

synonyms: fruitless, vain, ineffective
antonyms: successful, effective
Term
Grueling
Definition
(adj) very tiring, calling for an extreme effort

synonys: exhausting, punishing, taxing
antonyms: easy, effortless
Term
Hospitable
Definition
(adj) offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange

synonyms: gracious, cordial, courteous
antonyms: unfriendly, cold, chilly
Term
Lair
Definition
(noun) the home or den of a wild animal; any hideout

synonyms: nest, borrow, hidaway
Term
Lavish
Definition
(adj) overly generous, extravagant; abundant; (verb) to spend or give freely or without limit

synonyms: (adj) excessive, profuse
antonyms: (adj) stingy, meager, (verb) begrudge, stint, deny
Term
Morbid
Definition
(adj) in an unhealthy mental state, extremey gloomy, caused by or related to disease, unwholesome

synonyms: depresesed, unsound, "sick"
antonyms: wholesome, healthy, cheerful, bilthe
Term
Notorious
Definition
(adj) widely know because of bad conduct

synonyms: disgraceful, infamous, disreputable
antonyms: unknown, obscure, respectable
Term
Pamper
Definition
(verb) to allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing toward

synonyms: coddle, cater to, indugle
antonyms: abuse, maltreeeeat, mistreat, discipline
Term
Parasite
Definition
(noun) an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives aff another person

synonyms: sponger, freeloader, leech
Term
Shirk
Definition
(verb) to avoid or get out of doing owrk, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink

synonyms: duck, sidestep
antonyms: fulfill, perform, shoulder, take on
Term
Surplus
Definition
(noun) and amount beyond what is required, excess; (adj) more than what is need or expected

synonyms glut surfeit, overage
antonyms: shortage, lack, dearth, paucity
Term
Timidity
Definition
(noun) the state of being easilt frightenend

synonyms: fearfullness, faintheatedness
natonyms: fearlessness, boldness, intrepidity
Term
Veto
Definition
(noun) the power to forbid or prevent; (verb) to prohibit, reject
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