Unit 10 Set A

1. 1. Botch: to repair or patch poorly, make a mess of.

2. 2. Futile: not successful, failing to have any results; unimportant, frivolous

• True. True

• True. False

1. 1. Hospitable: offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange

2. 2. Lair: an older town

• False. True

• True. False

1. 1. Notorious: widely known because of bad conduct

2. 2. Pamper: to allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing toward

• False. False

• True. True

1. 1. Shirk: to avoid or get out of ding work, neglect a duty; to sneak, slink

2. 2. Veto: to be open, approve

• False. True

• True. False

1. 1. Beneficiary: one who benefits from something; a person who is left money or other property in a will.

2. 2. Dilapidated: falling apart or ruined, run-down

• True. True

• False. True

The campaign to eliminate pollution will prove ______ unless it has full public support.

• Veto

• Futile

• Lair

He is _______ for his habit of taking small loans from his best friends and then conveniently forgetting about them.

• Pamoer

• Botch

• Notorious

A sitting president can _______ a measure passed by a majority of Congress, but lawmakers can overrule his decision.

• Veto

• Pamper

• Shirk

0. All the members of that family are such ______ people that we are always completely at ease whenever we visit them

• Lair

• Hospitable

• Pamper

I know what it is that I have to do, and you may be certain that I will not ______ my duty.

• Shirk

• Futile