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Vocabulary Workshop Level B (unit 10)
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6th Grade
04/12/2011

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Term
Bellow
Definition

v. to make a sound similar to taht of a bull, roar n. a loud, angry roar

Synonyms: v. yell, bawl, hollar; n. howl

Antonyms: v. whisper, n. murmer

Term
Beneficiary
Definition

n. 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

v. to repair or patch poorly; make a mess of; n. a hopelessly bungled job

Synonyms: v. foul up, bungle, mangle

Term
Clutter
Definition

v. to fill or cover in a disorderly way; n. a state of disorder, mess

Synonyms: v. litter, n. confusion

Antonyms: n.order, tidiness, neatness

Term
Dilapidated
Definition

adj. falling apart ir ruined, run-down

Synonyms: in disrepair, deteriorated,gone to seed

Antonyms: shipshape, trim

Term
Dismantle
Definition

v. to take apart; to strip of something

Synonyms: disassemble

Antonyms: put togther, assemble,construct

Term
Farce
Definition

n. a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings, broad or far-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham

Synonyms:buffoonery, mockery

Antonyms: tradgedy, melodrama, tearjerker

Term
futile
Definition

afj. not successful, failing to have any result; useless; unimportant, frivolous

Synonyms: fruitless, vain, innefective

Antonyms:successful, effective

Term
Gruelling
Definition

adj. very tiring, calling for an extreme effort

Synonyms: exhausting, punishing, taxing

Antonyms: easy, effortless

Term
Hospitable
Definition

adj. offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange

Synonyms: graacious, cordial, courteous

Antonyms: unfriendly, cold, icy, chilly

Term
Lair
Definition

n. the home or den of a wild animal; any hideout

Synonyms: nest, burrow, hideaway

Term
Lavish
Definition

adj. overly generous, extravagant, abundant; v. to spend or give freely or without limit

Synonyms: adj. excessive, profuse

Antonyms: adj. stingy, meager; v. begrudge, stint, deny

Term
Morbid
Definition

adj. in an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy, caused by or related to disease, unwholesome

Synonyms: depressed, unsound, "sick"

Antonyms: wholesome, healthy, cheerful, blithe

Term
Notorious
Definition

adj. widely known because of bad conduct

Synonyms: disgraceful, infamous, disreputable

Antonyms: unknown, obscure, respectable

Term
pamper
Definition

v. to allow too many priviledges, be too generous and easygoing toward

Synonyms: coddle, cater to, indulge

Antonyms: abuse, maltreat, mistreat, discipline

 

Term
parasite
Definition

n. an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person

Synonyms: sponger, freeloader, leech

Term

Shirk

 

Definition

v. to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink

Synonyms: duck, sidestep

Antonyms: fufill, perform, shoulder, take on

Term
Surplus
Definition

n. an amount beyond what is required, excess; adj. more than what is needed or expected

Synonyms: n. gult, surfeit,overage

Antonyms: n. shortage, lack, dearth, paucity

Term
Timidity
Definition

n. the state f being easily frightened

Synonyms: fearfulness, faintheartedness

Antonyms: fearfulessness, boldness, intrepidity

Term
Veto
Definition

n. the power to forbid or prevent; v. to prohibit, reject

Synonyms: v. turn down, nix, forbid

Antonyms: v. to approve, endorse, ratify, confirm

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