Vocabulary Unit 10

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Vocabulary Unit 10

• Grade 8

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Bellow

• to make a sound similar to that of a bull, roar
  a loud, angry roar
• The bellow of a lion is sure to remind one of the
  power of nature.

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Beneficiary

• one who benefits from something
• a person who is left money or other property in a
  will or the like
• The boy was the sole beneficiary of his
  grandfathers will.

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Botch

• to repair or patch poorly make a mess of
• a hopelessly bungled job
• The plumber really botched the job on the
  bathroom sink.

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Clutter

• To fill or cover in a disorderly way state of
  disorder, mess
• The bedroom was a dump filled with endless
  clutter.

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Dilapidated

• broken, falling apart or ruined, run-down
• Even the sign on the dilapidated machine was
  falling apart.

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Dismantle

• to take apart to strip of something
• I had to dismantle all of the gears in order to
  fix the clock.

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Farce

• a play filled with ridiculous or absurd
  happenings broad or far fetched humor a
  ridiculous sham
• The students throwing paper airplanes made a
  farce out of the awards ceremony.

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Futile

• not successful, failing to have any result
  useless, unimportant, frivolous
• The campaign efforts proved to be futile when
  neither one of the opponents were elected.

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Grueling

• very tiring, calling for extreme effort
• Although the task was grueling, the man gave it
  his best effort.

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Hospitable

• Offering friendly or generous treatment to
  guests open to anything new or strange
• The grandparents were especially hospitable when
  their grandsons came to visit.

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Lair

• the home or den of a wild animal any hideout
• The bear hibernates in her lair.

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Lavish

• overly generous, extravagant abundant
• to spend or give to freely without limit
• Christmas and birthdays are modernly lavish
  occasions.

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Morbid

• in an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy
  caused by or related to disease, unwholesome
• They looked morbid as zombies in their Halloween
  costumes.

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Notorious

• widely known because of bad conduct
• Pirates are notorious historical figures.

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Pamper

• to allow too many privileges, be too generous and
  easy going toward.
• The child cried so often that is was obvious
  that he was used to being pampered.

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Parasite

• an organism that lives in or on another organism
  one who lives off another person
• Fleas are harmful parasites that can irritate a
  dog.

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Shirk

• to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a
  duty to sneak, slink
• The girl often played sick to shirk her way out
  of tests.

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Surplus

• an amount beyond what is required, excess more
  than what is needed or expected
• My mother purchases a surplus of socks each year
  before school starts.

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Timidity

• the state of being easily frightened
• The childs timidity was clear when the strange
  man said hello.

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Veto

• the power to forbid or prevent to prohibit,
  reject
• The president of the United States has the right
  to veto any bill issued by congress.