Unit 8 Bonus

Question 1

Agape

Answer 1

With a wide open mouth, as in wonder or surprise

Question 2

Carcinogen

Answer 2

A substance that produces cancer

Question 3

Censure

Answer 3

To severely criticize or condemn

Question 4

Deride

Answer 4

To laugh at with scorn; To ridicule

Question 5

Gambol

Answer 5

To dance and skip about in play

Question 6

Gibe

Answer 6

A taunting or bitterly sarcastic remark; (v.) To utter taunts or jeers

Question 7

Grotesque

Answer 7

Odd, distorted or unnatural in shape, appearance or character

Question 8

Hackneyed

Answer 8

Greatly overused; trite

Question 9

Immolate

Answer 9

To destroy; sacrifice

Question 10

Imperious

Answer 10

Overbearing or demanding or seeking to dominate

Question 11

Martinet

Answer 11

One who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules

Question 12

Neologism

Answer 12

A new and creative phrase or expression

Question 13

Olfactory

Answer 13

Of or pertaining to the sense of smell

Question 14

Quagmire

Answer 14

A difficult or precarious situation; a predicament

Question 15

Recondite

Answer 15

Dealing with abstract or hard to understand information