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12: Lesson 21
Good Humor
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| banter | good-humored, playful conversation |
| caricature | a representation which usually exaggerates or distorts the subject's features to produce a comic or ridiculous effect |
| droll | oddly amusing or comical |
| facetious | playfully humorous/often in an inappropriate way |
| flippant | marked by disrespectful frivolity or indifference; rudely witty |
| ludicrous | laughable because of an obvious absurdity or ridiculousness |
| mirth | gladness or lightheartedness |
| whimisical | playful or fanciful; imaginatively humerous |
| witticism | a witty or clever remark or saying |
| hilarity | loud and lively merriment; boisterousness |