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21 vocab lesson 10th
good humor | Definition |
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banter | good-humored, playful conversation |
caricature | a representation, usually pictorial, which exaggerates or distorts the subject's features to produce a comic or ridiculous effect. |
droll | amusingly odd or comical |
facetious | 1) playfully humorous 2) jesting, often in an inappropriate or offensive way |
flippant | marked by a disrespectful frivolity or indifference; rudely witty. |
hilarity | loud and lively merriment; boisterousness |
ludicrous | laughable because of an obvious absurdity or ridiculousness |
mirth | gladness or lightheartedness, especially when expressed by laughter; gaiety; merriment |
whimsical | 1) playful or fanciful, imaginatively humorous 2) characterized by unpredictability. |
witticism | a witty or clever remark or saying |