Construction Vocab

a small room or recess opening off a larger room

• facade
• pulley
• alcove
• solder

set in the surface as a decoration or design

• inlaid
• drainage
• cubicle
• faulty

to be very sparing with; to cut down on

• renovate
• scrimp
• atrium
• hovel

a hall or courtyard in the center of a building

• atrium 
• facade
• alcove
• residential

The plans for the large office building must include ___________ parking spaces. 

• faulty
• residential
• inlaid
• ample

 The washing machine and the dryer were in a small ___________ next to the kitchen. 

• alcove
• cubicle
• specification
• pulley

 Along the balcony there was ___________ iron work with complicated designs. 

• elaborate
• faulty
• residential
• hovel

Because of the smell, the painter will ___________ the room while she is working. 

• scrimp
• renovaate
• solder
• ventilate

There were many small homes in the ___________ part of town. 

• residential
• faulty
• ample
• inlaid

Set into the wooden surface of the coffee table was a(n) _________ pattern made of ivory and jade. 

• inlaid
• elaborate
• faulty
• ample