Ch 3 Group 10 Flashcards

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Caricature

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Drawing imitation, or description that ridiculously exaggerates peculiarities

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Banter

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Playful teasing

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Droll

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Odd and laughter provoking

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Facetious

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In habit of joking

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Flippant

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Treating serious matters lightly

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Harlequin

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Buffoon; clown

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Hilarious

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Boisterously merry; funny

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Hilarity

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Noisy gaiety; jollity

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Ironic/ironical

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Containing or expressing irony

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Irony

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Opposite of meaning

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Jocose

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Given to jesting; playfully humorous

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Levity

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Lack of proper seriousness; trifling

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Parody

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Humorous imitation

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Sarcasm

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Sneering and often ironic language intended to hurt a persons feelings

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Sarcastic

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Given to or expressing sarcasm

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Sardonic

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Bitterly sarcastic; mocking

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Satire

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Language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule

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Satiric

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Given to or expressing satire

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Travesty

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Imitation that makes a serious thing look ridiculous