vocab 8

Question 1

harbinger

Answer 1

(n) an omen or a sign

Question 2

gambol

Answer 2

(v) to frolic; to romp about playfully

Question 3

quagmire

Answer 3

(n) a swamp; a difficult or inextricable situation

Question 4

carcinogen

Answer 4

(n) causing cancer

Question 5

grotesque

Answer 5

(adj) absurd; distorted

Question 6

agape

Answer 6

(adj) open-mouthed; surprised; agog

Question 7

recondite

Answer 7

(adj) difficult to understand; profound

Question 8

censure

Answer 8

(v) to criticize sharply

Question 9

immolate

Answer 9

(v) to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire

Question 10

martinet

Answer 10

(n) a strict disciplinarian; taskmaster

Question 11

gibe

Answer 11

(v) to scoff; to ridicule

Question 12

olfactory

Answer 12

(adj) pertaining to smell

Question 13

imperious

Answer 13

(adj) domineering; haughty

Question 14

neologism

Answer 14

(n) a new word or expression

Question 15

hackneyed

Answer 15

(adj) commonplace; overused

Question 16

tue suffix -ive means

Answer 16

“relating to” or “tending to”

Question 17

the root ced and cess mean

Answer 17

“to yield,” to stop,” “to go”

Question 18

the prefix pro- means

Answer 18

“for”

Question 19

the prefix ante- means

Answer 19

“before”

Question 20

the prefix trans- means

Answer 20

“across” or “through”

Question 21

the root mot means

Answer 21

“to move”