Monday, October 23, 2017

Word List 8

Agape (adj.)                        * Immolate (v)               
*Carcinogen (n)                   Imperious (adj.)
Censure (v)                          Martinet (n)
Deride (v)                            *Neologism (n)
Gambol (v)                          Olfactory (adj.)
*Gibe    (v)                          Quagmire (n)
Grotesque (adj.)                  Recondite (adj.)
Hackneyed (adj.)

Carcinogen (n) causing cancer
Immolate (v) to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire.
Neologism (n) a new word or expression
*Gibe (v) to ridicule

**Deride and Gibe had similar definitions, please realize that gibe is like when you tease your friends, but deride is when you become hateful in your teasing.


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