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20 Cards in this Set
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banter
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n. playful teasing; joking; raillery
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caricature
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n. drawing, imitation, or description that ridiculously exaggerates peculiarities or defects
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droll
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adj. odd and laughter-provoking
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facetious
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adj. 1) in the habit of joking; 2) said in jest without serious intent
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flippant
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adj. treating serious matters lightly
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harlequin
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n. buffoon; clown
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hilarious
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adj. boisterously merry; very funny
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hilarity
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n. noiosy gaiety; mirth; jollity; glee
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ironic(al)
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containing or expressing irony
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irony
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n. 1)species of humor whose intended meaning is the opposite of the words used; 2) state of affairs contrary to what would normally be expected
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jocose
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adj. given to jesting; playfully humorous; jocular
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levity
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n. lack of proper seriousness; trifling gaiety; frivolity
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ludicrous
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adj. exciting laughter; ridiculous; farcical; absurd
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parody
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n. humorous imitation
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sarcasm
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n. sneering and often ironic language intended to hurt a person's feelings
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sarcastic
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adj. given to or expressing sarcasm
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sardonic
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adj. bitterly sarcastic; mocking; sneering
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satire
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n. language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule
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satiric or satirical
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given to or expressing satire
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travesty
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n. imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous; mockery
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