7th Grade English Vocabulary
Bellow
(v.) To make a sound similar to that of a bull, roar; (n.) A loud, angry roar
SYN: (v.) yell, bawl, holler; (n.) howl
ANT: (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
SYN: recipient; heir
Botch
(v.) To repair or patch poorly; make a mess of; (n.) a hopelessly bungled job
SYN: (v.) foul up; mangle
Clutter
(v.) To fill or cover in a disorderly way; (n.) a state of disorder, mess
SYN: (v.) litter; (n.) confusion
ANT: (n.) order, tidiness, neatness
Dilapidated
(adj.) Falling apart or ruined; run-down
SYN: in disrepair, deteriorated, gone to seed
ANT: shipshape, trim
Dismantle
(v.) To take apart; to strip of something
SYN: disassemble
ANT: put together, assemble, construct
Farce
(n.) A play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings; broad or far-fetched humor, a ridiculous sham
SYN: buffoonery, travesty
ANT: tragedy, melodrama
Futile
(adj.) Not successful, failing to have any result; useless; unimportant, frivolous
SYN: fruitless, vain, ineffective
ANT: successful, effective
Grueling
(Adj.) Very tiring, calling for an extreme effort
SYN: exhausting, punishing, taxing
ANT: easy, effortless
Hospitable
(Adj.) offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange
Synonyms: gracious, cordial, courteous
Antonyms: unfriendly, cold, icy, chilly
Lair
(n.) The home or den of a wild animal; any hideout
Syn: nest, burrow, hideaway
Lavish
(adj.) overly generous, extravagant; abundant; (v.) To spend or give freely or without limit
SYN: (adj.) Excessive, profuse
ANT: (adj.) Stingy; meager (v.) begrudge, stint, deny
Morbid
(adj.) In an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy; caused by or related to disease, unwholesome
SYN: depressed, unsound, "Sick"
ANT: wholesome, healthy, cheerful, blithe
Notorious
(Adj.) widely known because of bad conduct
SYN: disgraceful, infamous, disreputable
ANT: unknown, obscure, respectable
Pamper
(v.) To allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing toward
SYN: cater to; indulge
ANT: abuse, maltreat, mistreat, discipline
Parasite
(n.) An organism that lives in or on another organism, one who lives off another person
Shirk
(v.) To avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink
SYN: duck, dodge
ANT: fulfill, perform, shoulder
Surplus
(N.) An amount beyond what is required, excess; (Adj.) more than what is needed or expected
SYN: (n.) glut, surfeit, overage
ANT: (n.) shortage, lack, dearth, paucity
Timidity
(n.) The state of being easily frightened
SYN: faintheartedness, shyness
ANT: fearlessness, boldness, intrepidity
Veto
(v.) The power to forbid or prevent; (v.) to prohibit, reject
SYN: (v.) to turn down, nix
ANT: (v.) approve, endorse, ratify