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Vocab Lesson 8
Chapter 8
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Language - English
12th Grade
11/03/2011

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deride
Definition
to ridicule;to mock
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censure
Definition
to criticize sharply
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gambol
Definition
to frolic; to romp about playfully
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immolate
Definition
to kill someone as a sacrificial victim
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recondite
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difficult to understand, profound
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martinet
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taskmaster
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quagmire
Definition
a swamp
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gibe
Definition
to scoff
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agape
Definition
open mouthed
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carcinogen
Definition
causing cancer
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olfactory
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pertaining to smell
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imperious
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domineering, haughty
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grotesque
Definition
absurd, distorted
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neologism
Definition
a new word or expression
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hackneyed
Definition
commonplaced, overused
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