Vocab Unit 10

Question 1

Beneficiary

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Botch

Answer 2

(V.) to repair or patch poorly ; make a mess of

Question 3

Dilapidated

Answer 3

Falling apart or ruined; run down

Question 4

Futile

Answer 4

(Adj.) not successful, failing to have any result

Question 5

Hospitable

Answer 5

(Adj.) offering friendly or generous treatment to guests

Question 6

Lair

Answer 6

A home or den of a wild animal; any hideout

Question 7

Notorious

Answer 7

Wildly known because of bad conduct

Question 8

Pamper

Answer 8

To allow to many privileges, be to generous and easy going toward

Question 9

Shirk

Answer 9

To avoid or get out of doing work; to sneak

Question 10

Veto

Answer 10

(N.)The power to forbid or prevent
(V.) to prohibit, reject

Question 11

Timidly

Answer 11

(n.) the state of being easily frightened

Question 12

Surplus

Answer 12

(n.) and amount beyond what is required, excess

Question 13

Parasite

Answer 13

An organism that lives in or on another organism
One who lives off another person

Question 14

Morbid

Answer 14

(Adj.) in unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy; unwholesome

Question 15

Lavish

Answer 15

(Adj.) overly generous, extravagant; abundant;
(V.) to spent or give freely or without limit

Question 16

Grueling

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Farce

Answer 17

(N.) a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings, a ridiculous sham

Question 18

Dismantle

Answer 18

(V.) to take apart; to strip of something

Question 19

Clutter

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Bellow

Answer 20

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