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Lesson 4 Vocab Flashcards

(10 cards)

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Farce

A

A comic play using exaggerated characters and unprovable plots.
A mockery; an absurd show or pretense.

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Buffoon

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A clown of jester, especially one who makes I dignified, rude jokes.
A ridiculous or stupid person.

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Irony

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A deliberate use of words to conveyor the opposite of their literal meaning.
A contrast between what might be expected and what actually occurs.

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Jocular

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Characterized by a joking manner.

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Lampoon

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A good-natured written piece that pokes fun at something or nobody.
A written attack, often using ridicule.
To satirize or ridicule.

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Levity

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A light and humorous manner or attitude, often when inappropriate.

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Parody

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A comic imitation that exaggerates characteristics in order to poke fun.
Something so bad as to seem like intentional mockery.
To ridicule or make a mockery of.

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Raillery

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Good-natured teasing or ridicule, particularly in a conversation.

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Regale

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To delight or give pleasure; to entertain.

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Satirical

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Using sarcasm or sharp wit to expose human human vice or weakness.

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