Vocabulary Workshop Level B: Review Units 10,11,12 Flashcards
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| 4342160756 | abound | (v.) to be filled SYN: overflow with ANT: want |  | 0 |
| 4342160757 | adequate | (adj.) enough SYN: satisfactory ANT: insufficent |  | 1 |
| 4342160758 | ajar | (adj.,adv.) partly open ANT: (adj., adv.) closed, tight, shut, open wide |  | 2 |
| 4342160759 | bellow | (V.) to make a sound similar to that of a bull; (n.) a loud, angry roar SYN: (v.) yell; (n.) howl ANT: (v.) whisper; (n.) murmur |  | 3 |
| 4342160760 | beneficiary | (N.) one who benefits from something; a person who is left money or other property in a will or like |  | 4 |
| 4342160761 | botch | (V.) to repair poorly; make a mess of; (n.) a hopelessly bungled job SYN: (v.) mangle |  | 5 |
| 4342160762 | braggart | (n.) a boaster; (adj.) boastful in a loud, annoying way SYN: (n.) bigmouth |  | 6 |
| 4342160763 | cache | (n.) a hiding place; something hidden or stored SYN: store |  | 7 |
| 4342160764 | clarification | (n.) an explanation SYN: elucidation |  | 8 |
| 4342160765 | clutter | (v.) to fill or cover in a disorderly way; (n.) mess SYN: (v.) mangle |  | 9 |
| 4342160766 | despondent | (adj.) sad SYN: depressed ANT: jubilant |  | 10 |
| 4342160767 | dialogue | (n.) a conversation between two or more people; an interchange of opinions and ideas |  | 11 |
| 4342160768 | dilapidated | (adj.) falling apart, run down SYN: gone to seed SYN: gone to seed ANT: trim |  | 12 |
| 4342160769 | dismantle | (v.) to take apart; to strip something SYN: dismantle ANT: put together |  | 13 |
| 4342160770 | embezzle | (v.) to steal property entrusted to one's care SYN: swindle |  | 14 |
| 4342160771 | emblem | (n.) sign SYN: crest |  | 15 |
| 4342160772 | farce | (n.) a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings; broad or far-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham |  | 16 |
| 4342160773 | futile | (adj.) not successful; useless; unimportant SYN: fruitless ANT: successful |  | 17 |
| 4342160774 | gigantic | (adj.) huge, giant SYN: enormous ANT: tiny |  | 18 |
| 4342160775 | grueling | (adj.) very tiring SYN: exhausting ANT: easy |  | 19 |
| 4342160776 | havoc | (n.) very great destruction, ruin; great confusion and disorder SYN: harm ANT: calm |  | 20 |
| 4342160777 | hearth | (n.) the floor of a fireplace; the fireplace as a symbol of the home and family SYN: chimney corner |  | 21 |
| 4342160778 | heartrending | (adj.) causing mental pain or great grief SYN: sad ANT: funny |  | 22 |
| 4342160779 | hospitable | (adj.) offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange SYN: courteous ANT: unfriendly |  | 23 |
| 4342160780 | implore | (v.) to beg earnestly for SYN: entreat, pray ANT: demand forcefully |  | 24 |
| 4342160781 | infamous | (adj.) very wicked; disgraceful SYN: villainous ANT: glorious |  | 25 |
| 4342160782 | innumerable | (adj.) too many to count SYN: countless ANT: countable |  | 26 |
| 4342160783 | lair | (n.) the home or den of an animal; any hideout SYN: nest, hideaway |  | 27 |
| 4342160784 | lavish | (adj.) overly generous; abundant; (v.) to spend or give freely or without limit SYN: (adj.) excessive ANT: (adj.) stingy; (v.) deny |  | 28 |
| 4342160785 | lax | (adj) not strict; lacking discipline; relaxed SYN: slack ANT: strict |  | 29 |
| 4342160786 | leisurely | (adj.) unhurried; (adv.) in an easygoing way SYN: (adj.) slow ANT: rushed |  | 30 |
| 4342160787 | lathargic | (adj.) unnaturally sleepy; dull; indifferent SYN: lazy ANT: alert |  | 31 |
| 4342160788 | malady | (n.) a sickness, illness, disease, disorder SYN: affliction ANT: health |  | 32 |
| 4342160789 | mar | (v.) to spoil, damage, injure SYN: scar ANT: repair |  | 33 |
| 4342160790 | mellow | (adj.) ripe; soft, sweet, rich; gentle, pleasant; (v.) to become gentle and sweet SYN: (adj.) creamy ANT: unripe |  | 34 |
| 4342160791 | misdemeanor | (n.) a crime or offense that is less serious than a felony; any minor misbehavior or misconduct SYN: misdeed ANT: serious crime |  | 35 |
| 4342160792 | morbid | (adj.) in an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy; caused by or related to disease, wholesome SYN: "sick" ANT: healthy |  | 36 |
| 4342160793 | mull | (v.) to think about; to grind or mix; to heat and flavor with spices SYN: consider |  | 37 |
| 4342160794 | narrative | (n.) a story, detailed report; (adj.) having the quality or the nature of a story SYN: (n.) tale |  | 38 |
| 4342160795 | nomadic | (adj.) wandering SYN: roaming ANT: settled |  | 39 |
| 4342160796 | notorious | (adj.) widely known because of bad conduct SYN: disgraceful ANT: unknown |  | 40 |
| 4342160797 | overture | (n.) an opening move toward action; a proposal or offer; an introductory section SYN: tender ANT: finale |  | 41 |
| 4342160798 | pact | (n.) treaty SYN: compact |  | 42 |
| 4342160799 | pamper | (v.) to allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing toward SYN: indulge ANT: abuse |  | 43 |
| 4342160800 | parasite | (n.) an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person SYN: freeloader |  | 44 |
| 4342160801 | piecemeal | (adj.) one piece at a time; (adv.) gradually SYN: (adv.) bit by bit ANT: (adv.) all at once |  | 45 |
| 4342160802 | quest | (n.) a search; (v.) to search, seek, ask SYN: (n.) pursuit |  | 46 |
| 4342160803 | random | (adj.) by chance; irregular SYN: accidental ANT: planned |  | 47 |
| 4342160804 | rant | (v.) to speak wildly and noisily; (n.) loud, violent talk SYN: (v.) rave ANT: (v.) whisper |  | 48 |
| 4342160805 | reinforce | (v.) to make stronger with new materials or support SYN: strengthen ANT: weaken |  | 49 |
| 4342160806 | seclusion | (n.) isolation from others SYN: aloneness ANT: weaken |  | 50 |
| 4342160807 | shirk | (v.) to avoid or get out of doing work; to sneak SYN: duck ANT: fulfill |  | 51 |
| 4342160808 | stalemate | (n.) a situation in which further action by either of two opponents is impossible; (v.) to bring to a standstill SYN: (n.) draw (v.) deadlock ANT: (n.) victory; (v.) defeat |  | 52 |
| 4342160809 | status | (n.) a person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing; prestige SYN: recognition |  | 53 |
| 4342160810 | surplus | (n.) an amount beyond what is required; (adj.) more than what is needed SYN: overage ANT: lack |  | 54 |
| 4342160811 | timidity | (n.) the state of being easily frightened SYN: shyness ANT: boldness |  | 55 |
| 4342160812 | turmoil | (n.) a state of great confusion or disorder; mental strain or agitation |  | 56 |
| 4342160813 | veto | (n.) the power to forbid ; (v.) to prohibit, reject SYN: (v.) turn down ANT: (v.) approve |  | 57 |
| 4342160814 | vindictive | (adj.) bearing a grudge, feeling or showing a strong tendency toward revenge SYN: spiteful ANT: forgiving |  | 58 |
| 4342160815 | wilt | (v.) to become limp and drooping (as a flower); to lose strength and vigor SYN: shrivel up ANT: bloom |  | 59 |