Vocabulary Workshop 10

Question 1

bellow

Answer 1

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

BEL low

Question 2

beneficiary

Answer 2

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

ben e FIC I ary

Question 3

botch

Answer 3

v. to repair or patch poorly; make a mess of

n. a hopelessly bungled job

Question 4

clutter

Answer 4

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

CLUT ter

Question 5

dilapidated

Answer 5

adj. falling apart or ruined, run-down

di LAP i dat ed

Question 6

dismantle

Answer 6

v. to take apart; to strip of something

dis MAN tle

Question 7

farce

Answer 7

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

Question 8

futile

Answer 8

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

FUT ile

Question 9

grueling

Answer 9

adj. very tiring, calling for extreme effort

GRUEL ing

Question 10

hospitable

Answer 10

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

hos PIT a ble

Question 11

lair

Answer 11

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

Question 12

lavish

Answer 12

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

LAV ish

Question 13

morbid

Answer 13

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

MOR bid

Question 14

notorious

Answer 14

adj. widely known because of bad conduct

no TOR I ous

Question 15

pamper

Answer 15

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

PAM per

Question 16

parasite

Answer 16

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

PAR a site

Question 17

shirk

Answer 17

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

Question 18

surplus

Answer 18

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

SUR plus

Question 19

timidity

Answer 19

n. the state of being easily frightened

ti MID it y

Question 20

veto

Answer 20

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

VE to