Flabby/Funny Words Flashcards

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ennui

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boredom or listlessness

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inertia

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a lack of motivation or an inability to change or to act

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phlegmatic

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a person who is slow to act and slow to get angry

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feckless

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lacking vitality and energy, or someone who fails to think about how their actions affect others

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torpid

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having no energy

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lassitude

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emotional fatigue or a dreamy, lazy mood

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jaded

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world-weariness coming from overfamiliarity or overindulgence in something originally pleasant

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doldrums

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feeling purposeless, without energy

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stagnant

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the absence of vitality

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tepid

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lukewarm, neither hot nor cold and it negatively describes a so-so attitude

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risible

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relating to laughter mostly used to describe a situation that will likely provoke laughter or a person feeling inclined to laugh

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Rabelaisian

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a satirical humor of a broad and earthy variety

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sardonic

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a humor that is cynical or scornfully mocking

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buffoon

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a person who enjoys clowning or joking around, or one whose normal behavior is perceived as ridiculous

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cachinnation

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a loud or convulsive kind of laughter

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caricature

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satiric humor that exaggerates or distorts in words or images one feature of the object of the attack

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farce

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a comic play characterized by improbably but humorous elements, but it can also describe anything so absurd as to be laughable, whether by its humor or the fact that it makes a mockery, a joke of an undertaking

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antics

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acts that are perceived as either amusing or not at all amusing depending on the context or on the personality of the beholder

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droll

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describes words, facial expressions, or acts that are amusing in an odd way, perhaps somewhat whimsical

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lampoon

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a verb that refers to ridiculing or mocking someone or something with a tone that can range from lighthearted to cruel