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SATIRE; LAMPOON; PARODY

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Ridicule; Comic criticism

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HYPERBOLE

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Extreme Exaggeration for Effect;[“I’m so tired I could sleep for a year”]

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CARICATURE

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A drawing or illustration used to parody or satire someone by exaggerating their features [i.e. some caricatures of President Obama highlight his slightly large ears and characteristic smile]

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EUPHONY

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soothing or pleasant sounds; OPPOSITE OF CACOPHONY

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ENTOMOLOGY

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the study of insects

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GESTATE

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To conceive and develop; [can be used literally, as in a baby gestating in the womb, or figuratively, as in an idea gestating in one’s mind]

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PARADIGM

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a framework or model of thought

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AVARICE

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excessive greed; covetousness; cupidity

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GLUT; PLETHORA; SURFEIT

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a lot; a surplus

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DESTITUTE; IMPOVERISHED; INDIGENT

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very poor[opposites: AFFLUENT; OPULENT]

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PARSIMONIOUS

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excessively cheap; stingy; [a MISER is PARSIMONIOUS]

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REMUNERATE

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to compensate; to make a payment for

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PRETEXT

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an excuse; an alleged cause

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WATERSHED

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critical turning point that makes a change;

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ENFRANCHISE

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to give someone the right to vote;DISENFRANCHISE: to take away this right

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COERCE

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to force to act or think in a certain way by threats or by torturenoun: COERCION

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DEMARCATION

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the setting or marking of boundaries or limits[“The line of demarcation”]

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INQUISITION

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a severe, systematic questioning;think of the SPANISH INQUISITION

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COMPLICITY

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participation in a wrongful act;[“people who use lots of energy may be COMPLICIT with regard to the changing of the climate”]

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GRAVITY

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a serious problem or situation[“He does not appreciate the GRAVITY of having broken the law”]