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1censure
- a person without common sense
- imaginative
- to formally attire oneself
- to criticize sharply
2immolate
- to free oneself
- to protect
- hideous
- to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually
3quagmire
- free from rules
- swamp; a difficult or inextricable situation
- a tired horse or donkey
- expensive
4gibe
- a magical instrument
- to move in rhythm
- to scoff; to ridicule
- a bribe
5agape
- attending to a gap
- open-mouthed; surprised; agog
- descending from grapes
- certain
6imperious
- ridiculous
- a perennial favorite ice cream flavor
- domineering; haughty
- slow
7 grotesque
- absurd or distorted
- free
- domineering; haughty
- pertaining to smell
8neologism
- haughty
- a free item
- causing cancer
- new word or expression
9hackneyed
- absurd
- joyful
- a new word or expression
- commonplace; overused
10recondite
- difficult to understand; profound
- haughty
- despairing
- relaxed
11 olfactory
- seeking approval
- pertaining to smell
- a factory that produces olives
- relaxed
12gambol
- to wager
- an expensive item
- to frolic, to romp about playfully
- a new word or expression
13carcinogen
- a careful generation
- a car's undercarriage
- a super power
- causing cancer
14martinet
- swamp; a difficult or inextricable situation
- a puppet
- haughty
- a strict disciplinarian; taskmaster
15deride
- to ridicule; to mock
- astride a horse or pony
- open to suggestion
- to arrive on time
