bellow

(v.) to make a sound similar to that of a bull, roar; (n.) a loud, angry roar

s:  (v.) yell, bawl, holler; (n.) howl

a:  (v.) whisper; (n.) murmur

beneficiary

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

s:  recipient, heir

botch

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

s:  (v.) foul up, bungle, mangle

clutter

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

s:  (v.) litter; (n.) confusion

a:  (n.) order, tidiness, neatness

dilapidated

(adj.) falling apart or ruined, run-down

s: in disrepair, deteriorated, gone to see

a: shipshape, trim

dismantle

(v.) to take a part; to strip of something

s:  disassemble

a:  put together, assemble, construct

farce

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

s:  buffoonery, mockery

a:  tragedy, melodrama, tearjerker

futile

(adj.) not successful, failing to have any result,useless, unimportant, frivolous

s:  fruitless, vain, ineffective

a:  successful, effective

grueling

(adj.) very tiring, calling for an extreme effort

s:  exhausting, punishing, taxing

a: easy, effortless

hospitable

(adj.) offering friendly or generous treatment to guests, open to anything new or strange

s:  gracious, cordial, courteous

a:  unfriendly, cold, icy, chilly

lair

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

s:  nest, burrow, hideaway

lavish

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

s:  excessive, profuse

a:  (adj.) stingy, meager; (v.) begrudge, stint, deny

morbid

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

s:  depressed, unsound, sick

a:  wholesome, healthy, cheerful, blithe

notorious

(adj.) widely known because of bad conduct

s: disgraceful, infamous, disreputable

a: unknown, obscure, respectable

pamper

(v.) to allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing toward

s:  coddle, cater to, indulge

a:  abuse, maltreat, mistreat, discipline

parasite

(n.) an organism that lives in or on another organism, one who lives off another person

s:  sponger, freeloader, leech

shirk

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

s:  duck, sidestep

a:  fulfill, perform, shoulder, take on

surplus

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

s: (n.) glut, surfeit, overage

a: (n.) shortage, lack, dearth, paucity

timidity

(n.) the state of being easily frightened

s: fearfulness, faintheartedness

a:  fearlessness, boldness, intrepidity

veto

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

s:  (v.) turn down, nix, forbid

a: (v.) approve, endorse, ratify, confirm