Lesson 4 Vocab

Question 0

Farce

Answer 0

A comic play using exaggerated characters and unprovable plots.
A mockery; an absurd show or pretense.

Question 1

Buffoon

Answer 1

A clown of jester, especially one who makes I dignified, rude jokes.
A ridiculous or stupid person.

Question 2

Irony

Answer 2

A deliberate use of words to conveyor the opposite of their literal meaning.
A contrast between what might be expected and what actually occurs.

Question 3

Jocular

Answer 3

Characterized by a joking manner.

Question 4

Lampoon

Answer 4

A good-natured written piece that pokes fun at something or nobody.
A written attack, often using ridicule.
To satirize or ridicule.

Question 5

Levity

Answer 5

A light and humorous manner or attitude, often when inappropriate.

Question 6

Parody

Answer 6

A comic imitation that exaggerates characteristics in order to poke fun.
Something so bad as to seem like intentional mockery.
To ridicule or make a mockery of.

Question 7

Raillery

Answer 7

Good-natured teasing or ridicule, particularly in a conversation.

Question 8

Regale

Answer 8

To delight or give pleasure; to entertain.

Question 9

Satirical

Answer 9

Using sarcasm or sharp wit to expose human human vice or weakness.