1. Vocabulary
Lesson 8

2. deride
To ridicule; to mock

3. censure
To criticize sharply

4. gambol
To frolic; to romp about playfully

5. immolate
To kill someone as a sacrificial victim, especially by fire

6. recondite
Difficult to understand

7. martinet
A strict disciplinarian

8. quagmire
A swamp
A difficult or inescapable situation

9. gibe
To scoff; to ridicule

10. agape
Open-mouthed
Surprised; shocked

11. carcinogen
Causing cancer

12. olfactory
Pertaining to smell

13. imperious
arrogant; overbearing; domineering; haughty

14. grotesque
Absurd; distorted

15. neologism
A new word or expression

16. hackneyed
overused; trite
worn-out expression