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vocab 11 gr 10
Vocabulary 11 grade 10
Question | Answer | part of speech |
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An exchange of good-humored, playful remarks | banter | noun |
Talk-show hosts often _____ with their guests | banter | |
When a woman told Winston Churchill, who was famous for his ______, "if I were your wife, I'd put poison in your coffee," he replied,'If I were your husband, I'd drink it." | banter | |
A representation in which distinctive traits are exaggerated or distorted for comic effect | caricature | noun from Italian caricare, "to exaggerate" |
____________ of the late Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnez usually included ridiculously bushy eyebrows. | Caricature(s) | |
To represent or imitate in a exaggerated or distorted manner | caricature | verb |
Luckily, Principal Weiss laughted when she saw herself being ___________ on stage in the student talent show. | caricatur(ed) | |
Becky is a great ___________; in just a few seconds, she can make a funny, recognizable sketch of any celebrity. | caricaturist | |
amusingly odd | droll | adjective |
My _____ uncle showed up at the family barbecue wearing overalls and an upside=down hat full of ears of corn. | droll | |
Playfully joking; humorous; not meant to be taken seriously | facetious | adjective from /latin facetus |
I was being ________ when I said that, in the future, people who can spell will not be allowed to use the Internet. | facetious | |
Humorous in a disrespectful, casual way; rudely witty | flippant | adjective |
great merriment; extreme amusement | hilarity | noun from Greek hilaros, "cheerful |
The comedian's jokes were so ___________ that we laughed until we were gasping for air | hilarious | adjective from hilarity |
ridiculously, laughably absurd | ludicrous | adjective from Latin ludus, "game" |
Imagine the ___________ of a sixty-year-old, overweight, bearded actor playing the lovely, young Juliet! | ludicrousness | noun from ludicrous |
good spirits; happiness and merriment, especially a expressed by laughter | mirth | noun from Old Englush myrgth, "merriment" |
The court jester's constant jokes and imitations made the king's dinner a _____ occasion. | mirthful | adjective |
playful or unpredictable | whimsical | adjective |
In an act of pure ______, the teacher did a back-flip before starting the lecture | whimsy | noun from whimsical |
a clever remark or saying | witticism | noun |
Oscar Wilde is famous for his _________; my favorite is "I can resist anyhthing but temptation | witticism(s) | |
We enjoyed the speaker's ____ remarks. | witty | adjective from witticism |
My _________ aunt Harriet regularly traveled to exotic places on the spur of the moment. | whimsical | |
The wedding guests were full of _____ and excitement. | mirth | |
At a fundraiser, the soccer dads dressed up as honey bees and did a _______ dance, buzzing up and down the aisles and pretending to gather honey. | ludicrous | |
The silly costumes and jokes added to the ________ of the gathering | hilarity | |
While frantically asking neighbots if they had seen her lost dog, Lynn didn'r appreciate the _________ question, "Is he the one with the tail?" | flippant | |
good spirits | mirth | |
great merriment | hilarity | |
playful converstion | banter | |
amusingly odd | droll | |
disrespectfully humorous | flippant | |
unpredictable | whimsical | |
a comic exaggeration | caricature | |
a clever remark | witticism | |
utterly absurd | ludicrous | |
not meant to be taken seriously | facetious | |
Where did you get the _______ idea that I'd changed my name to "bumbelina" | ludicrous | |
Some people call my sense of humor odd, bu I prefer to call it ______. | droll | |
The willing team was so full of _____ that the three-hour bus ride seemed to fly by. | mirth | key - "full of" |
I hopw Jack realized that my comment about his presentation being "canceled due to lack of interest" was | facetious | key - "I hope--realized" not meant to be taken seriously |
We were amused by the clever ______ between the show's characters. | banter | key - exchange of good-humored, playful remarks. |
Maria's role in the comedy was a ____ of a lovesick teenager. | caricature | key - caricatures oftern appear in cartoons, articles, books and performances |
Because of Peter's _____ answers during the interview, he did not get the job. | flippant | key - humorous in a disrespectful, casual way |
One of Mark Twain's many great _____is, "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read then." | witticisms | key -clever "remark or saying" |
I was embarrassed after tripping, but I could understand the ____ that followed. | hilarity | key extreme amusement |
Every chapter of the ____ book contained some delightful new twist. | whimsical | key playful or unpredictable |
at first, the __ between the colleagues wasw good-natured, but after a few vieled insinuations, their comments soon became more ___ and biting. | banter ... flippant | |
Elina was not amused when Jorge told her ____ that his car had a flat tire so he couldn't take her to the dance. | facetiously | from facetious |
The children were ___ when the clown hit himself with a pie. | mirthful | from Mirth |
Mrs. Yung was shocked by her son's ____ answers to her serious questions | flippant | from flippant |
Tammi got a job as a ____ because she is a talented artist with a good sense of humor. | caricaturist | from caricature |
The Movie's dialogue was so _____ that everyone we knew repeated the lines over and over. | hilarious | from hilarity |
Some people carefully plan their lives,but others prefer to act on______. | Whimsy | from whimsical |
"The ____ of your theory makes me question your sanity," said the judgmental astrophysicist. | ludicrousness | from ludicrous |
"you to stop ___ in class," the teacher scolded. | bantering | from banter |
Shakespere's comedies contain many ______ comments about life and love. | witty | from witticism |
The street performer's _____ act drew a large crowd. | droll | |
The most likely reason a lecturer would begin a talk with a witticism | to interest the audience | |
A way to express mirth | laugh loudly | |
A ludicrous item to wear to the beach on a summer day | snow boots | |
A word that would NOT describe a facetious comment | serious | |
Something that would NOT inspire hilarity | chemistry test | |
the person mot likely to have a flippant attitude | rebellious teen | |
The genre of literature most likely to include whimsical plot twists | fantasy | |
An audience raction most likely caused by a droll character | suprised laughter | |
the LEAST appropriate place for banter | library | |
A feature that would most likely be included in a caricature of a scholarly professor | thick glasses | |
To converse in a playful or teasing way | banter | verb |