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15 Cards in this Set
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to make a sound similar to that of a bul, roar; a loud, angry roar.
s- yell,bawl,holler,howl A- whisper,murmer |
Bellow
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one who benefits from something ; a person who is left money or other property in a will or the like.
s- recipinent, heir |
Beneficiary
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to repair or patch poorly; make a mess of ; a hopelessly bungled job.
s- foul up, bungle,mangle |
Botch
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to fill or cover in a disorderly way; a state of disorder, mess
s- litter,confusion a-order,tidiness,neatness |
Clutter
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flling apart or ruined,run-down
s-in disrepair, deteriorated, gone to seed a-shipshape,trim |
Dilapidated
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to take apart; to strip of something.
s-disassemble a-put together,assemble,consruct |
Dismantle
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to play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings;board or dar-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham.
s-buffoonery,mockery a-tragedy,melodrama,tearjerker |
Farce
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not succesful,failing to have any result;useless;unimortant,frivolous
s-fruitless,vain,ineffective a-successful,effective |
Futile
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very tiring,calling for an extreme effort.
s-exhausting,punishing,taxing a-easy,effortless |
Grueling
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offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange.
s-gracious,cordial,courteous a-unfriendly,cold,icy,chilly |
Hospitable
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the home of den of a wild animal; any hideout
s-nest,burrow,hideaway |
Lair
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overly generous, extravagent;abundant; to spend or give freely or without limit.
s-excessive,profuse a-stingy,meager,begrudge,stint,deny |
Lavish
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in an unhealthy mental state,extremly gloomy;caused by or related to disease,unwholesome.
s-depressed,unsound, ''sick'' a-wholesome,healthy,cheerful,blithe |
Morbid
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widely known because of bad conduct.
s-disgraceful,infamous,disreputable a-unknown,obscure,repectable |
Notorious
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to allow too many privilages,to be generous and easygoing toward
s-coddle,caterto,indulge a-abuse,maltreat,mistreat,disipline |
Pamper
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